In the future, it seems it will be more difficult to live on the earth. Some people think more money should be spent on researching other planets to live, such as Mars. To what extent, do you agree or disagree?

The given table compares the estimated
oil
production
from six middle east countries that are measured in millions of
barrels
per
day
from 1990 to 2010.Overall, it can be seen that the
oil
production
capacity was increased during the given period but the most significant changes happened in Saudi Arabia. In 1990, Saudi Arabia produced just over eight millions
oil
barrels
per
day
.
Then
, the
production
gradually went up and there were approximately 9
million
oil
barrels
per
day
in 2000. Five years later,
oil
production
was still growing and it was about 13
million
barrels
per
day
. At the end of the given period, it hit the peak of just above 14
million
barrels
in everyday
production
.
Oil
production
in Qatar was the lowest among the six countries as they produced nearly 1
million
per
day
although
there was a modest increase in 2000. The
production
in Iran was about 3
million
in 1990 and it reached well above the 4
million
barrels
in 2010.
Also
in Iraq, Kuwait and UAE,
oil
production
capacity was approximately 2
million
and gradually rose to 4
million
of
production
capacity per
day
in 2010.
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