Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

The table supplied highlights data on regular oil

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in 4 various African countries over a half decade, namely between 2000 and 2004. Overall, the most significant facts to emerge from the graph are that oil

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gradually soared in Chad, and Somalia, albeit Congo dramatically declined throughout the surveyed time frame.

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, Chad ranked the

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during the 5 - year period. Looking at the details, Congo stood the

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in almost all years, except for 2004;

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, in 2000 it started at 275000. Oil

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sharply dropped by 70000 over the given time frame.

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, Nigeria witnessed a downward trend from 2000 to 2002, with

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decreasing by 15000, whereas

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figure considerably surged over the

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2 year,

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213000. With regard to the remaining ones, Chad did not experience oil

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until 2002, whereas

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number reached 50000 during 2 years. Ultimately, in 2000 Somalia produce 5000 barrels of each day;

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,

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number increased 10 times over the time frame.