The first day I got my drivers license, I felt like my life had turned into the definition of freedom. I could finally drive to get the Chipotle I always craved, cruise around my town with the music on high, and be able to go places without my mom driving me there. Three months later, I bought my first car. Paid for by countless hours of babysitting since I was 13 and endless hours clocked in at work, I finally had a car of my own, and I couldn’t have been happier. The first place I drove in my car was to my best friends house. I honked my horn as I pulled into her driveway. I heard her creaky old garage door screech up as she walked outside to my car and thought, “that could use some oil” as I cringed. I looked at the hundreds of cars we passed
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Just in my “perfect” day alone, I wouldn’t have been able to drive my new car, my friend couldn’t have opened her garage, and we could not have driven on the road. I wouldn’t have been able to eat my ice cream, my friend couldn’t use her phone, my cup wouldn’t have been able to be processed a t the landfill, and I couldn’t even open the door to leave. Without oil, I would not have done almost every action that I had. We wouldn’t be able to take a vacation to Mexico, see our extended family members across the country, or take the train down to work. No roller coaster rides on our day off of school, and no textbooks to use during school either. At first glance, it seems like a pretty dull life to me. But without oil, would our life be truly boring? Living without my cherished car might take some getting used to and not being able to snack on my favorite processed food, Cheez-Its, might be a struggle, but would it be so bad? Humans would learn to live off fresh, locally grown food. Our homes would be authentic, and not mass produced as subdivisions. Ideally, women wouldn’t need to wear makeup because it could not be made. Our lives would be simpler. It wouldn’t be focused on money (because that can’t even be processed without the use of oil) and we wouldn’t be working boring, 9-5 jobs in skyscraper office buildings. People would be out living life and not worrying about the latest Facebook update, or how many text messages they received that
Just in my “perfect” day alone, I wouldn’t have been able to drive my new car, my friend couldn’t have opened her garage, and we could not have driven on the road. I wouldn’t have been able to eat my ice cream, my friend couldn’t use her phone, my cup wouldn’t have been able to be processed a t the landfill, and I couldn’t even open the door to leave. Without oil, I would not have done almost every action that I had. We wouldn’t be able to take a vacation to Mexico, see our extended family members across the country, or take the train down to work. No roller coaster rides on our day off of school, and no textbooks to use during school either. At first glance, it seems like a pretty dull life to me. But without oil, would our life be truly boring? Living without my cherished car might take some getting used to and not being able to snack on my favorite processed food, Cheez-Its, might be a struggle, but would it be so bad? Humans would learn to live off fresh, locally grown food. Our homes would be authentic, and not mass produced as subdivisions. Ideally, women wouldn’t need to wear makeup because it could not be made. Our lives would be simpler. It wouldn’t be focused on money (because that can’t even be processed without the use of oil) and we wouldn’t be working boring, 9-5 jobs in skyscraper office buildings. People would be out living life and not worrying about the latest Facebook update, or how many text messages they received that