Source: treehugger
Yes, finally the oil shortage is coming to an end! The oil shortage was really a bumpy obstacle in people’s life journey that did not just have major impacts on products, businesses, ecosystems, and so forth but made many come to appreciate the availabilities that we have over it today. Personally the oil crisis helped me value the oil we have and how I should use it wisely. The oil crisis showed me that as humans, we highly rely on oil for our every day life and that without it we would greatly have to adapt to a new way of life that may cause us to have a shorter lifetime. I truly cannot imagine what life would be like without oil completely, I mean it was just an oil shortage that we are currently recuperating from and I felt that soon I would go be going crazy. The shortage of fresh meat, vegetables, fruits, and milk really had me worried, for a second I thought we would soon starve to death. This oil crisis made me realize that in order to stop depending on oil so much I have to begin going thinking “green” such as walking from one point to another more often. Instead of having someone drive me to stores that I am able to walk to within 30 minutes I will instead walk to them and save some gas. I have also started planting my own vegetable garden in my back yard and I think it’s great. I know it’ll take some time for my vegetables to grow but soon I will be having the fresh vegetables I need a few steps away. My community needs to start creating a plan, to make a week in every month a try hard to live oil free kind of thing; recycling, reusing, and using public transportation. In order to prevent another oil crisis we have to take care of the oil that we have today. The government needs to contribute as well by creating changes that will lower the amount of oil dependency. One way could be to change the type of transportation that is used in war, instead of using regular transporting vehicles that consist of gas, hybrid or electric cars, and airplanes should instead be created.

Source: laist
In order to decrease my carbon footprint, I need to take action now! For example now I am going to unplug electronics in my house every weekend, recycle, and hitch a ride from my friends when I am able to. I hope that I can resist slipping into old habits and I am pretty sure that I will because after going through this oil crisis, I certainly do not want to experience an oil shortage again. The oil crisis really impacted my life in a way that made me realize the products that I consume daily greatly use oil and were a part of the oil crisis all along. I have now decided to go natural one week every month, meaning that I will unplug most of my house electronics, use public transportation, use fluorescent light bulbs, and reuse plastic products.

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