America's Dependence on Foreign Oil

I feel as a driver that we do depend on oil for almost everything we do from mowing the yard, driving our cars, to cutting down a tree. According to the NRDC (Natural Resources Defence Council) America spends more than $200,000 per minute on foreign oil, and we wonder why America is in so much dept! Foreign oil is one of our biggest problems, this effects our economy, you know the thing that everyone say we're heading to "another great depression". I feel that we can stop this if your going down the block, just walk it won't kill you, if your cutting down a little tree use an axe, build those muscle and yes I know there is not much we can do about cutting the grass, we all have to do it, but come on people use your heads a little, then maybe we could get the "BIG PEOPLE" to open their eyes and see we don't need to spend $200,000 per minute on oil. For more info visit: http://www.nrdc.org/air/transportation/aoilpolicy2.asp

I know some people will get offended by this but o well. America does not need to spend all of our money on oil we have an oil supply at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Northeast Alaska. You may be thinking "well what about the wildlife". Well to tell you the truth I was thinking the same thing about a year ago, but you know what people the animals, if they don't like the sounds, I don't know the smells they will leave. But I feel they will get accustom to it think about the deer and other wildlife out on the farms I'm sure they didn't like the tractors, and the grain bins when they first went up in their land but now look at them running around the tractors like nothing is on their minds besides running free. And yes I know that there will be little effect on our foreign oil problem but a little effect is better than no effect at all.


I also feel that we can do somethings to change this dependence, I know that we can't change it all the way but we can do little things to. Such as riding your bike or walking to places close by, not mowing your yard when it does not need it, your grass does not need cut three times a week, and the last thing don't use that axe to cut down so many trees. We need those trees, they give us air. This not just a teen age girl trying to tell people what I think they should do, this is for the good of the world!