Thursday, November 29, 2007

Scandal Number 6 - Natural resources and our environment

Natural resources and our environment... Do we rely too heavily on foreign goods? With gas prices skyrocketing is it really smart to keep relying on foreign countries to supply us with resources we use on a daily basis to function? What about relying too heavily on a specific resource? Is it appropriate to drill in endangered lands to get to our own resources? What happens when we run out there? Do we just keep looking for more or do we move on to another resource?

With our vast knowledge in sciences, it would seem that we have already found an alternative fuel for our cars but because of the monopoly that oil companies have it is impossible to break the market. Who controls these markets? Why do they get to monopolize our market? Why do a country that has freedom of speech and a democracy that we would all just sit back and let it happen?? Do tell me how that works?

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