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Here is my personal crisis: I AM one of the ugly polluters on Earth. I drive my car, I use fossil fuels, I am part of the problem. My wife and I both work hard, we earn good money, but we can’t seem to get out of the cycle. We are still part of the problem. What am I hopeful for? The bright bright spirits of our children which, if kept intact, will fill the World with light and burn away the rot of the past. What concerns me the most? The death throes of the power structure of the 4th Sun. Those corporate dinosaurs who see profit as their god and an economic system which demands constant growth might still spell doom for our environment. You know the place, the only place we have, to live.more Lulled to Sleep. For less than 100 years, the soothing, warm hum of a car has been amongst many people’s first sensations, along with mom and dad on the way home from the hospital. more Hubbert's Peak describes how the total quantity of oil on Earth is finite. Petroleum production will reach a peak, after which it will never surpass that maximum peak. (U.S. oil production has already passed its peak.) Oil production will fall as the most economical reserves are exhausted. Oil prices will rise. If our economy is based on a non-renewable fuel source and the production falls, then our economy will decline. We have to adapt our economy to run on renewable energy. For Our Information: U.S. Oil According to the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration: The United States had 22.4 billion barrels of proved oil reserves as of 1 January 2002. During 2002, the United States is estimated to be producing around 8.2 million barrels per day, among the lowest in 50 years. In 2000, there were 534,000 producing oil wells in the United States. The United States is consuming about 19.7 million barrels per day of oil in 2002; nearly half is motor gasoline. The United States imported 11.2 million barrels per day in the first 9 months of 2002, around 57% of total U.S. oil demand. As of 12 November 2002, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve contained around 590 million barrels of oil. That quantity is enough oil for the U.S. for around 30 days at current levels of consumption. Even with rationing the reserve is only good for months and would be mostly used by the military anyway. Independence from Petroleum! We will always have energy requirements, but our energy does not have to come from petroleum. We send vast amounts of our wealth overseas for oil. We pollute our environment by burning oil. We invest vast human and military resources to ensure our oil supply. Viable, renewable alternatives are available now! more steps to take A community project: Renewable Black Rock City Web Links that Lead Us Ahead:
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