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Winter 2015

Environmentalism

The oil pump, industrial equipment, on the background of the setting sun

Some people believe raising the price of fuel is the greatest way to address global environmental issues. I am going to tell you why this does not help a lot with environmental issues.

The main delusion is that fuel is only used for cars, ships, airplanes, and another transportation vehicle. At the same time no one mentions that the heat in your building is also derived from fuel and a lot of care creams and makeup stuff derived from fuel. Probably people could find some way to avoid and stop building engines which need fuel for making power, for example a first car was built with an engine which used alcohol for generating power. But what about beauty-cosmetic associates? All these products will increase significantly in their price. Anyway, fuel is part of the nature ecosystem it was, and it will be, the question is how we can set it and prevent or minimize bad influence on our environment and protect it.

In conclusion I would say there is nothing bad in using fuel and it's no reason to raise the price. The main idea should be, how we can develop our knowledge about making it safe and reconsider our behavior in using it