A truth that I don't think anyone wants to think of

I don't really know what to do for Blog Action Day. What can I write? You could say that I'm a young, inexperienced kid. I can't give advice, and there are many other people who could do a better job than me. Right now, I can't write anything beyond my personal experiences and thoughts on this theme.

Well then, lets follow my train of thought.

The word "environment" covers alot of things. Basically, it covers pretty much anything in the natural world and its state.

Let me start on the subject of oil and fossil fuels. I get the feeling that people have been focused on oil long enough to not notice what revolves around it. Basically, if we run out of this natural resource, the world as we know it will change forever. Oil is at the center of almost everything.

Why? We are incredibly dependant on it. Likely, everything that's around you at this very moment, involved the use of Oil to bring to you. Every single bit of plastic derives from crude oil. Plastic is everywhere. The screen you're reading this from, almost all packaging materials, knife handles, pens, coat hangers, even your clothing and shoes. The reason bottled water is expensive is because it's in a bottle. Not only that, but just transporting something requires harnessing energy from something derived from crude oil. If and when sources of crude oil begin to run low, everything will cost more, because it costs more to make and to bring to you.

How do we stop this inevitable disaster? Well, we can't. We can't simply get up one day and stop using oil, because we're so dependant on it. But we can slow it down by consuming less. Some people are already working towards that.

Oil is only one part of a bigger picture. Many people don't really see or look at the bigger picture. It's probably because people don't want to accept something so grim.


In a single sentence, I can tell you how to save the environment. "Consume less of everything."

That's basically it. As living things, we must consume resources to survive. The problem is that we're consuming far too much, which isn't healthy for the world.

But, oil isn't the only natural resource we're dependant on, though I think it's the most prominent in media. We're nearing the limit of many other resources. With the invention of machines, we can do things faster. But as a result, we consume much faster.

We drink up all the water, we eat plants and animals after growing them in farms, and take up room on the earth. As our population grows, we take up more room for living spaces, and for farms. We consume more and more.

The environment is in trouble because of us. We made it like this. Not only because of our reckless, unmoderated ways of consumption, but also because there's simply too many of us. The "One Child per Family" concept in China is a terrific way to reduce our population slowly, but many people hate it. Why?

It's because we're human. We're naturally selfish. We all want to have a place on this rock with our family, but pretty soon there won't be any more places.

How can we stop being so selfish? I don't really know.
How can we reduce our population in a way that satisfies everyone? We can't. We have to do something, and follow it. It's impossible to satisfy everyone.