Week 10

In our readings this week we learned first hand just how much of an affect humans can have on the environment. The amount of oil that we run through on a daily basis is astronomical. It was bound to happen with the massive amount of oil tankers making the crossing that a few spill millions of gallons of oil into the natural habitat of animals and the natural environment. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill took its toll spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil. Imagine all the money lost for the oil company, so sad. And imagine the toll it took on the Alaskan shore. The money really doesn't matter but the area took 3 years to clean up and that is priceless.

When I was reading the Saudi syndrome I never realized what the money from gas goes to i.e. terrorism and war. It is particularly troubling that something that we use every day is being filtered into the very thing that wants to hurt us. These funds are allocated to other countries that are hostile to the U.S. no wonder why we are at war over oil.

This is just another case of how our society in its addiction for oil puts the environment in danger everyday. There is no need for us to be using 11 million gallons of oil. We should be cutting back as a global community so that the demand can slow and the supply can be put on hold. This will allow the reserves and oil fields to have a stock pile. We still need alternative forms of energy to have renewable sources for when the oil runs out.