Is it actually time to throw oil's bags out of our homes? All she ever does is make it extremely expensive to afford my dear shrimp because she intoxicates most fish with her poison! She starts some fire out there in the ocean whenever she gets angry at the new shoe she just bought because it doesn't fit comfortably. Did I mention that she releases invisible toxic gases into the air each time she opens up her mouth to complain- and she knows how to nag! Oh, I almost forgot, in addition to her many problems, she also empties out my wallet; whenever she has mood swings, for some unknown reason, I end up spending more money on her - and it's not like she gets any better the more I pay!
But wait, if I kick her out of my house, I probably won't watch as much as cable as before; there goes my NBA finals, Glee, the Office and my Smallville(yes, my Smallville)! Will I even have sufficient electrical power to sleep with the AC on those fiery summer nights? The thought of her not being there, the other side of the bed empty, I'm sure to have sweaty sleepless nights.
Nevertheless, I'll probably find another substitute for her eventually, I mean I was kind of already cheating on her with solar panels and wind turbines, but they didn't feel quite right. The solar panels, didn't satisfy my needs and desires as much as I thought she would have and the wind turbine - no offense but she's not necessarily attractive, and on some days, no matter what I did, there just wasn't enough wind to turn her on and that was frustrating; I felt inadequate. I've heard about algae - but even the name turns me off. I wouldn't date that - at least not yet, but one never knows what the future has in store.
So back to my soon to be ex, oil. Do I really want to divorce her after all, or am I just really upset with her at the moment because she literally exploded in six months ago and wouldn't stop complaining just because she didn't find the right shoe size again? I guess, if I lay down stricter rules with her she will behave more...but she is too unpredictable.
Haha I like this metaphor. It’s comical but it gets your point across entirely. I as well feel like our dependence on oil is slightly ridiculous when we know all of its detrimental side effects to our environment and society. And you’re right we completely are aware of reasonable alternatives to using oil but we purposely neglect to implement them for whatever reason. It’s like oil has become a drug that were addicted to and can’t let go. A major problem with this is that we have all of these other options but still refuse to use them so how can we be assured that we will switch. I know at some point we will be forced to switch but how long will that take? Our dependence on oil is so great on items such as T.V. and air conditioning, that I can’t see us giving up those luxuries. I don’t think this is an issue you can wait to the last minute to fix so how long will it take for the world to wake up.
ReplyDeleteI honestly do not when we will make the big switch from oil, but what I do know is that it will take quite a while because of all the numerous factors involved. For example, markets would have to completely readjust and reach an equilibrium for alternative use of resources before we make a big switch. And as of right now, we are still at a tender stage of developing these technologies and thus their prices to the general public are still expensive, relatively to that of oil.
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