Is Oil Evil?

 

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 1. Is your personal consumption of oil part of the problem? (Justin S)

 

Yes, i am part of the problem. A lot of people around the world are also the problem. Mainly this problem is from major companies that burn oil and other fossil fuels for power, heat, and personal use. Many people today own cars which run on gasoline. The gas is produced from oil and is used in mass amounts. Also, there are places out there that are unidustrialized and use oil lamps or oil heaters. Many places in the world have big stoves to heat the whole building. All the uses of oil are adding up and seem to grow in a never ending pattern. I believe that eventually oil will be used so much in one day that this years total usage would be gone with in that day. The only way to stop this is to work harder to find alternate sources of enery that aren't as harsh on the environment or a worldwide boycott happens, but that would have horrible effects that would take a long time to straighten out.

 

   2.  What impact does oil have on our environment? (Vaibhuv N)

 

 Oil impacts our environment in many different ways. First, it releases carbon dioxide into the air contributing to global warming.  If global warming continues at this rate there will soon be amy problems. The seas will rise, the the ice caps will melt, and the worlds climate will change drastically. If the climate increases too much then we will die off, we simply wont be able to live on this planet any more. That is what is in store for us if we do not solve our global warming problem, for which oil is a main cause. Oil also harms our environment in another way, oil spills cause a lot of damage to animals. Oil spills  can harm animals in two different ways. the oil can poison the animals or it can destroy their habitat.  Oil is definitelybad for our environment. We need to find another fuel as quickly as possible, one that does not harm the environment in such a way. Hopefully that fuel will come soon, before much more damage to our planet will come.

 

(bird unable to fly due to oil weighing it down)

 

  3.  Are there any viable energy alternatives?
 
 As of right now there are many alternate sources of energy, but none that completely take the place of fossil fuels. The USA is already useing massive amounts of wind, light, and water energy to power many different things. There are colleges that have made solar powered cars and trucks. the cars must be very light weight and very aerodynamic. To get these cars to work better some elemental forces must be minimized to a certain extent. There are some massive windfarms in the US the are full of windmills that catch the wind which spins a turbine and spins an engine motor. Here is a link to another blog on alternate energy that I found.
http://alt-e.blogspot.com/

 windmills catching wind energyhouse with solar panelsrace of solar cars

 

  4.  Is there a connection between oil and violence in the Middle East? (Vaibhuv N)

 

 There is definitely a connection between oil and violence in the middle east. If there were no oil would any of the extremely rich countries be so today? Of course not, they would all still be poverty stricken countries trying to make a name for themselves. Because of oil, these countries are thriving and we need these countries. Which makes it very hard to exercise our ture power because we do not want to aleinate them. Similarly these countries are able to exercise their will a lot more due to the fact that they know that they are safe. Many of the terrorists involved in the 911 terrorist atacks were Saudi Arabian, yet we did not go after Saudi Arabia. Instead we went after Afghanastan, a country without vast oil reserves. Also, the fact that these coutries are prospering so much makes them more knowledgeable about the rest of the world, if they did not know what we do on the other side of the world, the few that believe someting should be done about us would be blissfully unaware of what is ging on in the rest of the world. Therefore I think that there is definitely a connection between oil and violence in the Middle East

 

 

Sources:

Nelson, Stephen. "Alternate Energy Sources." Earth Science. 2007. Tulane University. 13 Dec 2007  <http://earthsci.org/education/teacher/basicgeol/alt_energy/alt_energy.html>.
 
Smith, Steve. "Stock Photos." Stock Photos. 2007. World of Stock Photos. 13 Dec 2007
<http://www.worldofstock.com/about.htm>.

 Johan Olsson http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1848/global.html

 

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