The Energy Crisis

Our planet is in a huge crisis involving our overconsumption of fossil fuels for hundreds of years. Not only is this issue based around the fossil fuels running out but it also involves the effect of burning them on our environment. Everyone on this earth is involved in the changes going on. As with any crisis, there are two sides. Those who think that this problem is completely the fault of us (the humans), and those who think that this is just a normal pattern for the Earth. Obviously this did not happen over night. Things have slowly been changing over the course of a hundred years or more. The fact that we are just learning these things and that we are in no position to make the drastic changes necessary is a bit scary.

I disagree with the republicans in their thoughts that this is wholly a natural process. I think they are eager to make it seem like there is nothing we could have done about the way our environment is changing and that there is nothing we can do to slow down the changes. Of course the republicans don't want to admit that our lifestyles could be contributing to the deterioration of the ecosystem. If they did that it would mean there would have to be drastic changes in the way we live, including the way businesses are run, which is, of course, their main interest.

I think that, while our economy is down in the dumps, we need to make a change. Obviously our country cannot afford the kind of change we ultimately need to make but we could be working towards that now. I know, many people have found alternative ways of attaining electricity and water, and other forms of gas for their cars. These are only a couple people out of the millions on the Earth. I think that gas is one of our biggest problems. We need to find an alternative "fuel" that can work for us. Eventually we are going to run out of gas and all of the fracking that we are doing in other countries is leaving them with huge messes to clean up, that's not fair. Of course that is the main reason why we are not tapping into our own natural gas reserves, because we don't want to waste "our" water and resources on trying to get something that someone else could get for us. The fact that the fracking that has started in New York and Pennsylvania has had a positive outcome in terms of the economy should show us that we should start doing our own work and using our own resources.