Our Little Green Planet: Oil Spill at the Gulf of Mexico

Oil Spill at the Gulf of Mexico

Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Nick

While reading up on the possibilities of this bike (Persu Hybrid) powered by a fuel efficient battery, I could not help but think about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. If you have not heard by now, there was an oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico a few weeks ago. The involved parties involving government and private entities are looking to contain the oil spill by burning it away. Something as severe as this does not happen too often but with all the talk about green, it makes going green an important business.

Let’s start with what oil is needed or its daily use and what types of healthier alternatives can take its place.

There are green alternatives for fossil fuels for all of the products below. So what we did was write possible alternatives right next to each one. Check out the new green world as followed in our alternate ‘universe’ example:

GASOLINE – In our alternate green universe, everyone is driving renewable cars powered by smart batteries and/or hydrogen.

DIESEL FUEL – In our alternate green universe, trucks are being powered by 100% biodiesel.

JET FUEL – In our alternate green universe, all jet fuel is composed of waste materials. Check out Flag-carrier British Airways (BA).

BUNKER FUEL – In our alternate green universe, all bunker fuel is composed of waste materials as well.

SYNTHETIC RUBBER – In our alternate green universe, all rubber is made from crops. The rubber is then recycled. Check out Guayule – A new clean tech industry.

DETERGENT – In our alternate green universe, all detergents are made from natural surfactants (made from coconut, palm and vegetable oil), sodium carbonate, preservatives, and water. Check out Sun & Earth 2x Free and Clear Unscented Laundry as an example.

PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM – By now in our alternate green universe everyone has a digital camera.

PLASTICS – In our alternate green universe, everyone is carrying eco-friendly recyclable/compostable bags.

You get the point. There are many uses of oil and the list can go on and on. It only takes will power. In the United States alone we consume about 20 million barrels of oil per day. That is enough to power a third of the world by itself! The Persu Hybrid is one example of a fuel efficient vehicle running on 75 + MPG. Image that! If everyone were using these types of vehicles, we could cut our dependency to more than half. It only takes will power. Let’s make our alternate universe a reality today.

Tags: alternative energy sources, oil spill gulf of mexico 2010, Persu Hybrid

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