Even though people may not want to think that one day everything will end and be done...but reality is that we will collapse. Its always been these theories about whether or not the world will end in for y2k and the most recent idea is that it will end in 2012. Personally I don’t go by these comments because whenever they are said there is no proof or evidence stated behind it that can really push me to believe that the we will collapse on these specifics dates. The sharing or resources between countries will have a huge affect on why we collapse, because from reading about the Easter Islands collapses, it seems as if sharing resources between countries seem to have a negative affect.
I’ve heard stories saying that the world will end due to fire because the last time it ended, water was the cause. I don’t know how true this is but until that day comes no one will know the truth.
Oil, oil, oil..this is the main resource for everything that is made, bought or sold. Before discussing this in class I was ignorant to the fact that oil really is what is keeps us making money, what helps to make things that we need in our lives, and to overall serve as something that we see ourselves benefitting off of.
A discussion came up in class whether on whether or not is will make a difference if people stop buying plastic wrapped items, or items that are said to cause pollution in the world. A classmate of mine named Dylan stated that he tried his hardest not to buy plastic times but it seemed impossible...everything he saw either was wrapped in plastic or had plastic included in the making of the item. Andy (the teacher) stated that would it really make a difference if we stopped buying these things? Will it stop people from making oil and using it to make product...will it stop the fact that oil is the main things used in the making of most of the products we buy? The answer is No...so is there even a point in the discontinuation of buying plastic or trying to buy items that are more “green.”
When reviewing the peak oil primer link it stated in one part that "Oil is a finite, non-renewable resource, one that has powered phenomenal economic and population growth over the last century and a half." This means that oil has to keep being made, and sometimes oil is wasted which can result in less being able to be sold...therefore the amount of oil that is sold, has to have a price increase. This is a scary thing because as oil decrease, the prices of items that we live off of will increase. It is already a recession and people are struggling to maintain their jobs, houses and cars...so imagine the way it will be when oil is at a all time low. Everything will be so expensive that we wont be able to buy things, therefore the sellers wont be able to make profit. Noone will benefit from this and our country and other countries will be a big mess. In others words...we will collapse.
