The dictionary meaning of Addiction:
Habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice beyond one’s voluntary control.
Do we have that habitual dependence, both psychological and physiological on oil. YES
I am going to run you through a typical morning routine just to demonstrate how dependent we are on oil and the products made from oil. The alarm sounds, wake up and get out of bed, have breakfast and enjoy a cup of coffee. Shower, wash hair, shave, brush teeth, get dressed for work, jump in the car and head to work. I am guessing this is a fairly typical morning for most.
For most I will go through the list of products that are oil based that we encounter during the morning ritual. That blasted digital alarm, mattress, pillows, bed clothes and furniture.
Making breakfast there will be utensils, fridges, containers, cabinets and bench tops. Sitting down having breakfast it could be your chair, table, placemats.
Into the bathroom and there is the sink, bath, towels, toothbrushes, tooth paste, shaving cream (I am a male, worse for females with cosmetics), shampoo, soap, body wash and razors.
As you can see just in that morning ritual we have used a copious amounts of oil products. Just recently we have watched 92 Million Gallons (348 Million Litres) of oil spew into the Gulf of Mexico, a huge environmental disaster. We need to feel anger at BP for letting one of the worlds worst oil spills happen.
Unfortunately BP are supplying the world a product for which there is a colossal demand, I would be surprised if a single human could live a day without using directly or indirectly a product which has been made from oil.
If you were saddened by the effects of the Gulf Oil Spill, don’t just blame BP, take time and examine your own contribution to the Gulf Oil Spill. We all know what we should do,javascript:void(0) but are we being accountable for our own actions?
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