I- WANT-FOOD!!!

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I just found out that this oil shortage can cause me my precious food. What will I do without my daily meals? I did not know that most of the foods I and the people around me consume are imported from different areas of the state and the world. The oil shortage is going to make me get on a diet. HOW HORRIBLE! I am soooo NOT willing to give up my food. How am I going to survive? I can not imagine my life without food. It is hard to imagine that one banana comes all the way from Guatemala. It travels more than 2000miles just to get to my local grocery store. If bananas were easy to obtain before, what is going to happen with the rest of the food? Will I have to start growing food in my mom's garden? Who will feed us at school? Doesn't that food come from the grocery store as well? Hmm….Does this mean the school will start charging us for healthy food? Or even worse, we won't be allowed to eat in order to preserve the food that we still have! Hmmm...I wonder if the school is allowed to do that.

Well, meanwhile, I know what to do. I am going to start shopping in my local organic grocery store. I am going to tell my mom to do the shopping at Erewhon Natural Foods located in 7660 Beverly Boulevard. This store sells everything and it is located here in Los Angeles. I am going to be able to buy local natural food without having to search for it throughout the entire city. I am going to start eating more fruits and vegetables and hopefully I do not miss the food I will no longer be able to attain. Well, I guess I might as well make the best out of the situation I am living in. Since there is nothing else I can do, I guess I’ll start watching my diet and eating healthy.

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I heard that growing our own food can also help us in this food crisis. So far, my mom has many fruit plants in the garden. We already have two peach trees, tomatoes, lemons, plum tree, banana tree and an apple tree. I had never taken care of them, but now I water them daily and make sure that they are well. I can almost taste the peaches; big, round, sweet and juicy. This way we will have fruit even if the stores do not sell them anymore. I am ready for my Diet!!

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Life Is H-A-R-D: HARD!!!

I had never thought about the fact that all flights and other transportation methods might be changed and cancelled due to the oil shortage. They will no longer be available to the public. What will the world do without transportation? I learned about this possible catastrophe barely today in class. People will no loner be able to visit their loved ones to the different parts of the world. Oh my GOD!! And I am barely realizing this: have you thought about the economic effect this will have?! If we are currently facing an economic crisis, imagine with the money shortage due to the lack of flights and transportation! The crisis will become worse. Thank god I am only a student. But this makes my summer boring. I will no longer be able to visit any other country. I won't be able to go on vacations with my friends. HOW BORING!!

I wonder, if the oil does become extinct, what will happen to the cars and trucks?I can not imagine my world without a car. I do not want to walk to school everyday. If I were to walk to school every day I would have to wake up VERY early. It takes me too long to get to school and I do not want to walk early in the morning through dangerous streets. I know, I can take the bus to school. Instead of walking to school, I can take the bus to school and walk back home. This way, I am helping by not using a car that needs gas. Buses provide transportation to the public. YES!! PERFECT! I found a way to keep the oil we still have not wasted.

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Well, it seems like it is time to take care of our oil. I will no longer waste any oil without it being necessary. I will tell my dad to not take me to school. I will take the bus or walk to school instead. It is time for a change! It is TIME FOR IMPROVEMENT!!!!

Demand and Supply

Today in class, we learned about the supply and demand in economics. I learned the difference between demand and supply. Demand is the capacity the people in a marketplace have to decide on buying an item at a certain price and they can and are willing to afford. Supply is the decision the people who want to sell something make in regards as in to what they want to sell and at what price.

We also took a quiz where I found out things I had no idea about. I thought the oil shortage was not as harsh as it is. I also did not know that the oil shortage has affected even the countries with the largest oil production. Saudi Arabia, Iran, US, Mexico, Norway and Venezuela were under the largest oil producers in 2005 until their luck changed in 2006. In 2006, these countries began showing a decline in oil production. I thought the richest countries were going to be the least affected by the oil shortage; however, I was wrong. =[ Even the richest countries are being affected by the oil shortage. the oil is declining everywhere and in all the areas-rich and poor. Even in this era where technology rules, we are doomed if the oil supply extinguishes. The world relies on oil and oil products more than anything. If we were left without any oil to use, what would happen to us? To our lives? I wonder if there is a way to retrieve the oil from underground when the oil production in an area no declines. We need to start taking care of the oil and not take it for granted because a world without oil is like a world without health-little by little we lose our vitality.



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Oil Usage

During my Political Studies class, we watched a news report and read an article on the different oil uses. It is amazing how the world relies so much on oil and oil-products. Due to the news report and the article, I learned that 45% of all the oil in the US is used in gasoline for cars. I also learned that most, if not all, plastic-made objects contain oil. Oil is highly used throughout the world and in most of the artifacts in our every day lives. Oil is not just used in fuel for cars, but also in diesel fuel and jet fuel. Without oil, not only would the world be left without transportation, but also without airplanes and war equipment. Things that don't seem to contain oil use oil or petrochemicals. Petroleum is very important in our every day lives and we need it to maintain ourselves and our planet.











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It is very interesting and amazing to realize that the world would not function as it has been functioning for various years if the oil reserves were extinct. Every single person in the world has contact with oil and petrochemicals without even realizing it. I had no idea that in order to preserve the food petrochemicals were added. Petrochemicals are used to keep the food from going to waste. WOW! Oil is used in gasoline and even in food! I can not imagine a world without petroleum. Such a world would be a catastrophe.









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Life Without Dresses

I went to the mall today to look for a dress for prom, but I found out that they are not making dresses anymore because the world is going through an oil crisis. I could not believe it. What am I going to do without dresses to wear? I am going to have to wear jeans every single day. What about when I have a formal party or event? What will I do then? I am not going to be able to go to prom anymore. I will not be able to look nice and impress the guys. I will look raggedy everytime I go out. The world of fashion has come to an end for me!

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