Rising oil prices vs Tree huggers
April 7, 2008
Many Americans are flustered by the current oil price that soared more than 5 cents in the past two weeks [1]. However, the group of citizens who might be benefited from this big factor of the slumping economy is the environmental advocates. They could finally sigh a relief and say: Thank God, it’s about time!
Katrin Klingenberg has gone as far as building a house that can be heated with a 10 100-watt light bulbs as a means of skimping her electricity bill as a result of fuel scarcity. [2]
General Motors has paired up with a division of Shell Oil to establish a hydrogen-fueled station and the property is now opened in White Plains. [3]
The rising oil price has imprinted a huge impact on many aspects of everyone’s lives, and people are eventually forced to shift their gasoline reliance on other fuel alternatives such as ethanol, fossil fuel, hydrogen or biodiesel as the gas price is not going down anytime soon. The bright side is the effects of global warming will be diminished if Americans take advantage of the country’s unfortunate economic condition to keep up with the alternatives habit and environmentalists use the opportunity to charm everyone with their proposal of lessening the consumption of gasoline that produces greenhouse gas and encourage them to start walking or riding bikes to travel on short distance. This way, our generation and the next generation to come will be able to live in a friendly and enduring environment.
[1] CNN, 04-06-2008, “ Gas prices hit another record”.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/06/news/economy/_prices/index.htm?postversion=2008040615
[2] The Washington Post, 04-05-2008, “ Wary of Waning Power Supplies, Eco-Minded Architects Build a Better Box” by Katherine Salant.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040401791.html
[3] New York Times, 03-16-2008, “ Hydrogen Fuel Station Opens in White Plains” by Diana Marszalek.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/16hydrogenwe.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=fuel+alternative&st=nyt&oref=slogin
