Oil wars? Water wars?

那石油战，水资源战呢？

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The dry western chaco has no gold or oil, though wars were fought on the supposition it did; the east is more fertile, but still poor.

西部的查科地区没有黄金也没有石油，可是战火却从没有熄灭过；东部地区比较肥沃，但同样很贫穷。

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In Sudan and Angola, the struggle to control oil revenues contributed to lengthy civil wars.

在苏丹和安哥拉，争夺石油收入控制权导致了长年的内战。

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Currently, we fight massive and expensive wars over oil.

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