If I could change one thing in the world...

How Energy is Produced

If I could change one thing in this crazy world, it would probably be the way energy is produced. Nowadays, a lot of our energy is produced by burning coal and gasoline. Obviously, we all know that this pollutes the earth and causes global warming.

One might ask, well why don't the energy companies just become more green to save the environment and help our great great grandchildren have the opportunity to enjoy the earth like us? This brings us to another point; greed. Surprisingly, there are a lot of people out there that simply cannot get enough money. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. The people who run these oil and coal companies do not want any changes to be made because then, they would not be getting payed bazillions of dollars. These people will do anything they can to promote their company even if it means slowly killing the earth. Now you can call me a hippi, but if you look at it, it is just common sense.

There are many better ways to produce energy like water spinning turbines, absorbing energy from the sun, and even getting energy from the heat of the earths core. These are all much better alternatives to burning oil and coal. If energy companies all chose to get their energy from windmills or dams or things like that, the earth would be much better off.

Also, imagine a world where cars run on water or solar panels. Thanks to technology solar panels are rapidly increasing in efficiency and in the distant future, solar panels will be very efficient and might even be able to power a car for a low cost. That sounds much better than pumping damaging fumes into the air to me.

But solar panels or windmills or hydroelectric energy could not only be used to power cars, but eventually your whole home. Imagine a world where you have solar panels covering your roof and a windmill in your backyard. This would be so much better for the environment not to mention, its free! Absolutely no more electric bills. Zero.

Can you imagine how drastically it would help earth if everyone was self sufficient on electricity, or if every car ran on sunlight? Well for starters, cars would no longer need the circulate button on the air conditioner. The quality of the air would be like you were camping and it would be in the middle of a city.

I do not think that all of this can happen yet due to how strong the oil companies grips are on the suppliers but I think once the oil starts to run out, and it will, we will have to serious changes towards finding another major energy source. Hopefully, we will be prepared to make the transition to more green resources and we will not go through an energy crisis which is highly unlikely, but one never knows in this crazy world. I hope that one day I will see everyone using the sunlight, wind, and water to their advantage.