A Community of Cars
Kimberly Glenn
Can you imagine not having any cars? Can you imagine not having any other form of transportation than your own two feet? What about those people whom are wheel chair bound, or that can't walk? What would they do? Almost everything you hear today is about how the environment is being "killed" because of some of the technology today. Many statistics will show you that global warming is a problem that could be helped by driving less. Now, I don't know about you, but I do agree with these things...to a point. I do agree that there are problems in our world today that are caused by technology in some way. Take super markets for example, that Wal-Mart right down the road was probably not there twenty years ago. There was most likely a field, pasture, or home at that exact location. The store that would have been in the town in place of that Wal-Mart would have been a little family owned store, where most likely everyone knew everyone. Most people were friendlier in those times.
Now think about the evolution of cars. Almost everyone depends on a car whether it be to get to school, work, or for entertainment purposes. I, myself, have to drive about sixty miles per day just to get to school and back home. My husband drives about eighty miles per day, just to get to work and back. Between the both of us that is one hundred forty miles per day, seven hundred miles in a five day work week, which adds up to a whopping thirty-six thousand four hundred miles per year! It may sound like we are "those" people who don't seem to understand how the earth is being effected. But, trust me we do understand. We live in Tooele, UT, which is the closest place he could live to work on Dugway Proving Grounds (a military installation). I attend Fortis College, because it is the closest hygiene school to where we live.
As you can see from the paragraphs above cars are a basic need to many people in the United States as well as a variety of other countries. As the saying goes; things are going to get worse before they get better. This has definitely happened in the automobile industry. Companies are now trying to invent electric cars, and scientists are doing all that they can to come up with alternative fuel choices. Even if every day citizens don't think about "saving the planet" every second of their day, it does not mean that they are not concerned about all that has happend over time to our beautiful green earth. Many people just do not know simple alternatives that could make a huge difference.
I understand that there are numerous people that cannot choose to walk everywhere that they go. For example, when I was growing up I lived 32 miles from any town, and five miles from the closest neighbor. I have no idea how I would have walked that many miles just to get to school everyday. I would have practically had to leave the night before in order to get to school by 8am. But, maybe with the help of advertisment and coalition groups the public could be advised on simple alternatives to their lifestyles. Hopefully, most individuals would be willing to make a few changes to help out the environment until solutions to our addictions are made.
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