Our solar system is heliocentric, which means everything revolves around the sun. Geocentric would mean everything revolved around the earth.
Convergent-compressive
Divergent-tensional
Transform-shear
A. Oil
in fact we're starting to run out of oil
He did not want to get involved with the North Atlantic Treaty. A conservative position that many have criticized. However, Senator Taft was more interested in the protection and preservation of his own country. Right after the Vietnam war, his foreign policy was taken seriously. He was more concerned about his nation's defense than to get involved with wars.
Turning in circles before lying down is an act of self-preservation in that the dog may innately know that he needs to position himself in a certain way to ward off an attack.