Our world with oil_#6

Community depends on oil and some will not be able to live without it. In my community a market place closed but I think it was due to purchase decrease. Many people in my neighborhood have lost their jobs including people in my own family.

Actions I guess none, I take the bus to an internship but they are always working. I get to school in a car and I usually travel in car or bus. I think I am really dependent on oil and this will affect me if a situation with oil happens.

Elasticity plays a role in this economic crisis because many people depend on oil to live like first of all food, people need to eat. Transportation is also important because people need to get to places and since cars and buses need oil to move they will have difficulty traveling. I read computers also have oil and makeup does too. Technology is now commonly used now a days and so is make-up. I think people can’t survive without oil.

Source: http://www.treehugger.com/earth-drowing-in-oil.jpg

Taking action into our hands_#8

The oil crisis dramatically affected many things. Changes needed to be made to our daily routines. We need to find ways to recycle and depend on different things besides oil. The community can ride bikes to work, school or other places when a car or a bus is not really needed.

Individuals can stop using plastic bags when they go to a grocery store and start using reusable bags for groceries. People can also decompose. As soon as someone steps out of their house/department or when they go to sleep they can unplug all unecessary utilities like electronics, lights, computers or anything that has electricity but wont be needed at all so this way more power/oil can be saved. We can motivate others by demonstrating how simple it can be and what positive things it can bring.

I think it will take time so I can get used to these changes.

Source: www.greengop.org/tag/how-to-reduce-your-elect...

A touch of Blue_#7

Marine life is now dramatically affected. This will affect me because an important environment like the sea is being polluted with oil. It may become from blue to gray/black, it is an important source to our world. This oil spill is killing animals and affecting plankton. Many animals will soon get sick. If animals get sick they will be consumed at a seafood restaurant or sold at a market=people will consume it and eat it and then they will also get sick. Plankton is an important source to the sea animals because they eat it and this will also be another way to get sick with lung or liver damage. There is also an economic effect because without seafood many restaurants will now close due to food shortage. Many people will get unemployed and there will be less customer purchase.

Source: big5.wallcoo.com/animal/ocean/html/wallpaper8.html