Looking for New Prospectings

I read a while ago about a news report talking about how Obama had authorized new explorations looking for petroleum. I choose this topic because petroleum had given a lot to talk lately, especially in our class. It was even included in the article of the exam, which has a link to this news. According to the article, Obama is now pushing the line to get out of the stagnation by looking for new resources in different parts of the world, such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and Alaska. I found this great since the quantity of petroleum had decreased in the recent years, so the price had increased. If we found more petroleum in our areas, Mexico will have a more stabilized economy because it will extend the years of U.S.A buying petroleum to Mexico. The sad part about this is that the business with petroleum could be better, since we sell them the barrels and they give us back the finished product more expensive. Almost everything is made out of this resource. We are now so dependent of petroleum that we are desperate looking for more of it, and the country who finds it will instantly become more powerful because every country needs it and it will guarantee its survival in the next years.


I also consider dangerous taking petroleum out of Alaska since it is in a delicate status right now. I'm saying this because nowadays that part of the planet is the one that is receiving most of the sun rays, by of course, the problem of the greenhouse effect. If they try to look for petroleum over there, they are going to alter the nature of the glaciers by doing the big holes and bringing huge machines. I hope the U.S. has this in mind, so that their search of petroleum doesn't affect too much. We are already having a huge impact in the world.

Speaking of resources to produce energy and other things, nonrenewable resources like the petroleum shouldn't be in our list anymore. We have to start looking for new forms of energy that are efficient and doesn't affect our planet. It says on the article that Obama wants the U.S.A to depend on the fuels produced in their own country, including renewable forms of energy. This is time to introduce concepts like solar energy, wind energy, among others to our daily life.

An ideal world?

Can you imagine a world without scarcity? Living a life with no preoccupations to find new resources! It sounds amazing right? Maybe it could be an ideal world. But… have you analyzed all aspects if this could occur?

Due to our class I wondered what it would be if we could have everything. I think people would get used to have all things without making an effort, they wouldn’t try to find or create new things, because what is the purpose of innovating if everything has the same value? Maybe I could sound a little negative by saying that we need to have scarcity to live life correctly, but I think that it is true. We must lack of things to succeed and get prepared to make a change.

I think that society’s behavior would change, because they wouldn’t want to work because they can already live with the things they get in life. So they wouldn’t continue studying to be better, and that affect education. Children wouldn’t go to schools because they will always be in the same social class and they can have a good life in the future. So I think that many jobs will disappear (teachers, scientist, engineers, etc). And also because everything has the same value and everywhere has infinite resources, money would disappear.

TANDEO

What do you think of when I say WATER? probably in the same thing I do "lack of water" and if you live in Hermosillo in TANDEO.

Water is a big issue in the world, no country has enought water for its people, exept maybe for Canada, and even they know water is a limited resource.

So, how does this affects me directly? well, in my particular case it doesn´t affects me that much because I have a tinaco, but it still changes some things like that we can only do our laundry in the afternoons (when the sun is really HOT!!!), the same goes for the dishes and my little garden isn´t that nice anymore. But to others it affects them even more because they don´t have tinacos and they have to adapt their shedules to their water hours, like for instance if the boy was used to shower himself in the mornings now he has to do it in the night and vice-versa.

Since we have no big water supplies near the city there is no other option than to rationalize water at the moment.

Maybe the real solution for us is to build a desaladora. The problem is that we also don´t have money to build one; then for Hermosillo´s people at this moment there no other choice than to adapt.

Hydrogen Home Fuel Station

A new technology has amazed scientists and people, Hydrogen fuel at home. It is a machine that separates hydrogen from oxygen in water, and puts hydrogen into small cartridges in low pressure that makes it safe because we all know that hydrogen in high pressures is very dangerous as you can see the hydrogen bombs. This machine gets electricity connecting it to a solar panel, so it is a very ecological way to have a new resource and a new fuel. Experts are testing a car that uses Hydrogen instead of gasoline, what makes this an economic and ecological resource.

Looking For Water

Had the future already reached us? This is a question I always ask when I forget that at 11 p.m. I don't have water anymore at home at that hour. The cistern of my house isn't woriking so well, so I have to watch out the clock and be sure to finish all the things I have to do with water before 11 p.m. reaches me. That's when I started really appreciating this valuable resource. Do we always have to loss something in order to appreciate it? I think the answer is yes, especially vital resources that have a lot of uses. I really miss the times when I always count on water to be there for me whenever I want. Sadly, the mistreatment of it and the location of this city doesn't help the situation. It's really uncomfrtable to really go this extent. I think that the previous authorities didn't really think of this issue, and now it's very easy to them to apply this measurements so everyone can have access to it. Can the lack of rains in this little city be related to the whole global warming issue out there? Maybe it is. This can only be the beginning of the climate change chaos, if we continue on the same path. And, I can recall, we depend hugely in this resource. But, can we do something to help the situation or do we have to wait for the government to do something? I think that at least we can treat better this type of vital resources. Just use the quantity that is needed. There are some tips we can all follow. For example, water the plants and grass at night avoids the water from being evaporated so quickly, especially with the intense heat we get in the summer. Another problem I found is that if we only get from 6-14 hours of water a day, should we pay less for it? I think that no. I always have thought that electricity costs are very high compared to the cheap facture we receive of the water. I think we should pay it backwards. Water is clearly more important than electricity. First of all, we can live without it! Electricity has also its importance, but let's wait some time in order to see our priorities with the effects this will cause. Also, the city of Hermosillo is growing very quickly. How can we assure this resource if the city is expanding each day? Not only the goverment should do something, even though they "promised" water; but we, as part of this community, beware of the use we give to the water. We souldn't play with nature. I hope we don't finish buying bottled water to take a bath, watch dishes, water plants, personal hygiene, etc.