The vast consumption of environmental
resources and never learning from our mistakes is my biggest concern. We as humans are so self-centered and have an
extreme tunnel vision of life and where we want to be that we usually do not
care about how we get there and what is damaged or irreversibly destroyed in
the process. Before the overwhelming
need for petroleum we had an overwhelming need for timber and coal, which is
still prevalent but overshadowed by the need of oil. There was vast deforestation and unsafe coal
mines. We made the land uninhabitable because
of the coal mines and we destroyed many ecosystems that will take a very long
time if not ever to recover. Greed and
impatience got in the way of our better judgment. We want it now and we want it cheap. We notice
the impact on the environment and always choose to ignore it, we see that now
with our need of petroleum and the impact it has caused. We have damaged the ocean and lakes, made
more land uninhabitable again, but we really don’t care. Instead of looking for other resources that
are renewable and safe for use to create energy or materials for products. We just keep going because its familiar and
it would cost too much to research otherwise.
We are running low on oil and we know that, just look at gas prices
today. So instead of investing into
other materials we invent fracking and absolutely destroy more land. This vicious
cycle needs to stop, this world cannot take it much longer. If we want to
continue to live and prosper on this planet, we need to start taking care of it
or it will surely destroy us as we did it.
