The Siren Song of Energy Efficiency

In this article David Owen talks about energy efficiency. What most of us do not realize, this is a wakeup call for everyone around the world. We rely too much on the earth’s resources and I do believe at one point or another, whether I’m here to witness it or not, the world will run out of resources. The cheaper we continue to get the resources, the faster we are using them. The majority of these resources are using so much more energy than before. I feel as if most people know what’s going on, they just don’t care. If we don’t start recycling, reducing, and reusing our resources we are not going to have any to survive off of. In today’s society we have the media that is related to this issue, one being the book series the Hunger Games. This series of books is about our future and how we have to compete to live because the resources for the world are limited. Is this a little far-fetched? Maybe, in some ways it is. However I think we need more education on this. Today, we are coming out with better and newer technology. The technology world is taking over and this uses more energy. We all have to start with saving electricity. Some ways we could start reducing energy are turning off TV’s, computers, and other electronic devices when they’re not being used, unplug cords from outlets when the devices aren’t being used, turn off the lights when no one is in that particular room. Sure everyone hears about it, everyone knows that we should start saving, but does anyone ever listen or do it? Another rising issue is fuel prices going up. As students, parents, employees, etc. we need fuel to get to places. In our economy, the demand for gas is high. In other words, if the prices at the pump are going up people are going to pay because they have to get from place to place. This is going to start taking money away from people spending. This will cause our economy to decline and unemployment to incline. We cannot have something that we need to cause our country to fail. We need alternatives, people who live in the city need to start walking or riding their bikes more. Another way to save fuel is by carpooling. I do this every day with my boyfriend. We take turns driving every other day and it really does save us money. I also feel as if the government needs to research into drilling on our own U.S. grounds for oil. We have it we are just not taking full advantage on it. I’m not going to sit here and say I’m 100 percent “green” every day, but every chance I get to help out my environment I do it. I think everyone should too.