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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The End Of Suburbia


Consider one or two social institutions and write about how they will be affected by the crises depicted in the video and the essays. Again, include 250 words and personalize it. In other words, I want to know how this will likely affect you and people close to you.


'The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and The Collapse of The American Dream' , how sad it is to hear that, the collapse of the American Dream because it is something everyone wants to achieve from all around the world. We all want to live perfect, luxurious and convenient lives. The institutions of media and family will most likely be affected by the crises that were shown in the video and essays. The media would not have vehicles or the new technology to advertise and families would not be able to go for the dream of having a good life for their children because we have to reduce our usage on the energy we are using. Global warming and peak oil are huge issues that we do not realize is affecting our world and possibly end our lives, if we do not act upon it now as a whole. It worries me that we will not be able to enjoy international goods and live from the food that is being distributed locally because I would love for my children to know about different cultures by the means of production. Everyone would have to live with a limit on things, in small portions, like we would not be able to do much things because it will eventually kill us. Do we want to die? Of course we wil someday, but not this way and having our world end. The American Dream is something we all want: an enormous house, expensive beautiful cars, a load of money, getaway trips, having a great career and just reaching the ultimate happiness, but what we did not realize is the consequences of that dream that we long for. More energy, oil, and technology is being used, more than ever before, we do not do this intentionally, we did not think that living our dream would affect our world with this great impact. Imagine having no oil for cars or having to wait for oil to come, how are we going to travel from one point to another? What are we going to do, walk, fly like in second life, ride a horse, jog, what? What we would do if everything runs out? What are we going to do? We are not prepared for a major crisis, I am not prepared. I have never thought about any of the things we take for granted run out. Nothing lasts forever. This is affecting our generation and the many more generations to come. It's affecting my life and the lives of my close ones, it really does worry me because we can't do as much as we would like, it's as if we have no choice because energy, food, oil, and technology are things we need to live. Global warming is the result of our dream, wow, it is unfortunate to hear that, who would of known? But now that we do know the effects of 'our dream', we must help reduce sea glaciers, peak oil, and conserve energy because limited living, gas prices and food prices are going to rise to the point that we really are going to come to an end. Lets go green, we still have time.

Related Articles/Essays:
'If We Want To Survive The Climate Crisis'
'Is There A Plan For Life After Peak Oil'

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Human Individuals: Lack of Morality & Values

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Human Individuals Nowadays Are Ridiculous, I Tell Ya. Society Is Different, Nobody Is Honest, What Happened To It? Am I One Of The Few People Left With Morals And Values? Isn't Venting Great? It Sure As Hell Is. It Is A Shame That People These Days Are The Complete Opposite Of Who I Thought They Were And The Complete Opposite Of Who They Claim To Be. There Is Just So Much Damn Hypocrisy And Contradictions Going Around, It Makes Me Sick To My Stomach. It Brings Much Sadness. Some People Are Afraid To Show Who They Really Are And "Be" Who They Believe They Should Be, Why? My Admiration And Respect Is Completely Diminished. The Truth Always Comes To Light, Like The Saying Goes, "The Truth Shall Set You Free", One Of My Favorite Quotes In The History Of History. What Happened To Morals? And Values? Is There Any Good Left In This Cruel World? People Have Issues. How Can People Have The Nerve To Claim And Preach Something They Are Not? How? I Do Not Understand How People Lie All The Damn Time, Do They Have A Conscience? Conscience Eats People Alive. Think You Have Control Of Your "Secrets" And "False Appearances" And "Lies"? You Truly Do Not. Take A Good Hard Look In The Mirror, Who Are You? Because I Do Not Know Anymore, I Don't Think I Ever Did. How Dare Thee? "Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer", Isn't That A Beautiful Saying? I Am So Amused. The Definition Of Morals And Values, In Case You Did Not Know, Is:  Mo-ral: of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical Value: relative worth, merit, or importance MEMORIZE THIS INTO YOUR HEAD!!