The dangers of overuse of fossil fuels are existent, but
ignored. We choose productivity over longevity and monetary gain over progress.
Though no other energy source can support our needs, we need to learn to live
reasonably by polluting as little as possible. If we stay on the same track we
are on for the next few decades, the effects, while much worse, will be
completely irreversible. By the time our generation and the generations that
follow pass on, it will only get much, much worse. We need to change, but we
refuse to. Sadly, not much can be done with our current level of willingness to
change. With big business in charge, and our demand for products, we will run
this world into its grave. Our only hope is to try to start on a greener path
and commit to it wholeheartedly. Hopefully in the future, we will be able to
make this dream a reality, but not now. Definitely not now.
Haiku to meet word count:
Dreams of a green earth/
Free of oil and our desires/
Pollution: Earth’s end/
I can’t think of any more right now, so remember kiddos:
Pollution really sucks!
