Oil Alternatives!!!

Oil, oil, oil.
What more problems will you bring?
Depending on oil so much has been a large mistake everyone has done and is now paying for. There have been many consequences and there are more to come. Fortunately, people have taken action and things now seem to be falling back into place, but there are still too many negative effects. There needs to be other changes done in order for our economical, social, and political stability to rehabilitate. I invite you all to research the consequences on oil dependency and what we can do to change that. It is very important for everyone to cooperate with each other in order to get things done! Some of the things we can change in our life styles are too save energy by using only the necessary, by changing light bulbs, and by using solar energy. We can purchase hybrid cars, convert our cars, change the gasoline, or use public transportation. We can also purchase our goods at local markets like Farmers Markets. We can try to convince our leaders into doing the same because we need all the oil we can save. Oil needs to be appreciated and used wisely, not used on unnecessary things where we can use alternatives for oil.
In my opinion, I think war uses up too much oil. I think the government and the arm forces need to find other alternatives for oil usage. I think the government should consider increasing the charge on goods and services that use oil after a certain amount people use. Our economy is already in a bad shape and this oil dependency makes it worse because people are so dependent on oil that they can’t function properly. Due to the oil shortage people close down their businesses causing others to lose their job, but this isn’t the worst consequence.
I can’t believe how important oil is but yet so dangerous. I was shocked when I found out that children who are exposed to oil on a daily basis are more likely to have cancer, leukemia. Pregnancy is also highly affected by oil. There is a higher percentage for people to have premature and underweight babies. OH NO!!! I don’t feel good about knowing this and not doing anything about this disastrous issue!!!
I don’t know about all of you, but this oil dependency, shortage, and the consequences are scaring me!!! Starting today, I will try my best to cooperate with those who are trying to depend less on oil. To reduce the oil usage and my carbon footprint I will try to get in the habit of walking, conserving, reusing, and recycling. I will also try to use less electricity by turning off or unplugging all the items my family and I are not using at the moment. I can’t let this problem come by past me without doing anything; therefore I will also try to get others into doing the same sacrifice I am willing to do. I will try to motivate others to do use less oil by speaking to them and making them aware of our current situation; the problem, our consequences, and the necessary changes we need to do in our lives.
I know this will be a hard task for everyone including myself but I am willing to sacrifice my current life style in order to save our economy and our environment. I will try my best to keep my new style by thinking about all the problems this dependency is bringing into our lives every time I want to go back into my old life style. I will also let my family know what I want to accomplish in order for them to support me, remind me, and stop me from doing what I don’t want to do. I hope that everyone shares the same opinion I have and starts acting because I no one does, then who will? I hope this issue ends soon because it has been very devastating for the lives of many people.

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Envirnoment Contamination

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My name is Samantha Sanchez and I am a Congress member. As part of Obama's Administration I feel in between because I don't feel comfortable announcing my decision. I wouldn’t want to be against any side, but I know I should do what I think is best for the nation. I haven’t only heard about this disaster, but I decided to experience this oil spill catastrophe for a short period of time in order to come up with a better solution to bring up for our next congressional meeting.

My family and I are currently visiting my husband’s family members in the Gulf of Mexico and I find their situation very devastating. My father in law has been struggling to support his family because their sea food restaurant along the shore went out of business due to sea food shortage. Their restaurant went out of business because not only were there less fish, but the fish caught may have been contaminated without them knowing. My husband’s family didn’t want to keep risking feeding people contaminated fish. When my husband’s mother told me their depressing story, I thought she was exaggerating things and that they had given up too easily, but my family and I went to the beach and saw exactly what she was talking about. I was shocked to see so many intoxicated sea animals along the shore that will eventually die, just like the others did. I sent my children back home while I reflected on this situation because I didn’t like the environment for them. It was not a nice and appropriate place to have a picnic, play around, and take a swim. The whole environment was contaminated!!! Time here in the Gulf of Mexico hasn’t been pleasant to my family and me. We are scared of purchasing food or going out of home because the whole environment smells like oil and we are afraid of purchasing contaminated food. We want to leave already, but we would also like to help the family here because the restaurant they had was their only source of income. The whole family in that household is having problems with each other because they are so depressed that they blame each other for what happened. This home has become a chaotic and unhealthy environment for everyone. As I think and think, I haven’t come up with any solutions to this destructive problem. I don’t even know where to start my plan because as I come up with any ideas, I realize that they all have their pros and cons which will affect many people. Now I understand everyone’s position; the business owners, the tourists, and President Obama’s position. I would not like to be in any position because business owners are struggling to maintain their selves stable, tourists are not having good vacations, and Obama is having a hard time coming up with a good plan.

I highly disagree with Obama’s plan to deal with the current Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico because I believe that this idea will bring extensive negative political, environmental, and economic effects rather than positive impacts. I still think he is a great person that has earned his position and can’t be compared to Bush. Unlike Bush Barrack has made promises that he is willing to keep, he is willing to help in every area, and is getting there little by little. I have the confidence that he has the ability of fixing this problem. I don’t want to pressure him because I know that one person alone can’t fix the long-lasting problems the nation has encountered over the years, from one day to the other, but I think he can do it with everyone’s help. I am willing to support him and work with him if he rethinks his plan.
Source: oilism

I don’t think this opening vast stretches of the U.S coastline to oil and gas will help Obama gain others people’s support. This is an insane plan that will bring negative criticism against Obama. I feel like people will feel very disappointed at him and will regret voting for him. I assume people will think that he is thinking more about the economy instead of prioritizing the environment and the living organisms in it. Yes, we will get more oil and get the oil off the ocean, but the environment will be highly affected. By digging holes, we might be destroying wildlife’s habitats without even knowing it. We may also cause drastic changes in their lives such as exposing them to the oil we extract from the ground. Wildlife can be covered with oil or even drink the oil causing them health troubles such as kidney and liver problems. Commercial fishing and tourism along the Gulf of Mexico will continue to be affected.

Personally, I think Obama and we, the Congress have been responding appropriately, but I think that we need to work harder to come up with other ways, other solutions to work faster and cause a major impact amongst the nation because time is running very quickly and there hasn’t been much solved.

Source: progress

Oil, Oil, Oil

SOURCE: camaro5

Oil, Oil, Oil.

I can’t believe how much we depend on oil. When did this start happening? How can something so insignificant to many people truly be something very important in our lives? Oil is so important for businesses but yet it’s so scarce. It has been so devastating for me to see some of my close friends lose their jobs because the company they worked for went bankrupt and laid them off. A few small furniture companies, clothing stores, restaurants, and beauty salons around my neighborhood have closed down their businesses, have moved, or have changed what they sell. Some of my friends worked in the restaurants and furniture businesses that went bankrupt. As of now my friends have left their apartments to go back to the original home they shared with their families. They are broke; they barely have money to contribute with the rent payments and purchase their necessities. If it wasn’t for their families, they would not be able to make it on their own; they would not be able to survive.
Luckily, I am not in their situation, but I feel bad since I can’t do much to help them. I am glad to have the family I have because starting with my parents, they are amazing. My parents are hardworking people who have worked for their children; so that we have the life they never had living with their parents. My parents are very motivating and supportive. As of now, I am not self-sustainable and I am not doing anything about it. I am lucky to have the family I have because if it wasn’t for them, I don’t know what my life would be like. I highly depend on my family to survive. I am a full-time student who doesn’t work to provide for myself or my family. My family does not want me to work; instead all they ask for is for me to do well in school so that one day I will be someone in life, someone many will be proud of, someone people will admire and look up to. My parents say that the only inheritance they will leave me is my education because no one will be able to take my knowledge, my skills, and my experience away. Until then, I will be able to be self-sustainable. I will be an independent woman who will be able to help and support others. My immediate community is very limited, but I believe that I can be self-sustainable. I believe that I can come out of this community and achieve all my goals if I try my best and set my mind to them. If I can do it, then the rest of my community members can too. It may be more difficult for some, but I believe that everyone can do it, everything is possible!
Getting from one place to another is not complicated for me because my father and my sister drive. My brother does too, but I hardly ride with him since he doesn’t live with me anymore. I don’t worry about a ride because my parents resolve that for me. My father is usually the one to take me to the places I wish to or have to go to. My sister occasionally drives me around when I ask her for the favor, but luckily I have friends that take me home or to other places when my father and my sister are working or are busy at the moment. I wish I could drive so that I would not have to depend on them for a ride but my father does not want to teach me how to drive because he says that I will go crazy, it is dangerous, my friends will treat me like a taxi, but most of all he’s not ready to see me grow up. I can’t wait to learn how to drive and get myself around but I guess I will have to wait. In a way I don’t want to have a car just yet because I don’t work and not only will the car and my insurance cost my parents, the gas will too, and gas can get very expensive.
Elasticity plays a role in this economic crisis because now many people are substituting original brands for imitations. Some people are now forced or simply want to be flexible in purchasing cheaper items instead of the pricey items bought before because their budget isn’t enough for all the items they wish to purchase. As the economic crisis worsens, I have seen many items at a higher price in the market. The increase in prices is what has also caused people to be flexible about their purchases as long as they have enough money for their other necessities, but at the same time have a similar satisfaction with the product. For example, instead of buying sea food or red meat, people rather buy chicken since it is cheaper but it has a similar satisfaction and similar nutrients. Others may trade their Coke for a Shasta or similar drinks that are not as expensive but have similar a similar taste.

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