Crisis Earth....

I recently gave up on my dream of owning my own car right now; mainLy because gas prices are ridiculously going up by the week. Imagine, a litter is worth around P 50.00, not a joke, considering that I remember once upon a time, yOu can get enough gas to last for a day or two for P20.00 (take into consideration that cars were less fuel efficient back then...) I would not be surprised if the price per litter shot up to 60 in the next month or so.

This problem is not isolated to the Philippines though, in fact the price of fuel is increasing globally. In fact, the price of fuel in the Philippines is still pretty cheap as compared to other countries.

This problem is not originally an economic problem... For me it can actually be rooted on two major problems.

The first of which is the more obvious one; it is an environmental problem. You can't deny that oil is becoming more scarce, and it is quite impossible for us to be able to replenish what we have already used within our lifetime. The scarcity of fuel can be traced to many things, but I believe you must connect it directly to the second problem: "Selfishness" ...

The second problem manifests itself in many ways.
This can be seen when people drive Gas Guzzlers, because they can afford it or they just do not care about the consequences of their actions...
This can be seen when big companies from dry out a limited resource, not thinking of the consequences in the future... Think about it, I am sure that these companies have always known that oil is a limited resource, and that they should have planned in the long run about the possibility of developing cleaner and a less limited source of energy....
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The global fuel crisis is but the tip of the (pardon the cliche) iceberg... Unless we become more aware of the environmental problems we are facing right now; there will be no hope for people.

In the perspective of Cosmological time, we are actually killing our selves, not our planet, the passing of centuries will heal the planet, but once we are extinct...Well you get the picture...
Time to start caring...or as a very good friend of mine says... move to Mars...



(for CC,
you strengthened my passion to do what I can to save the Earth...)