Green Options » transportation issues http://greenoptions.com/tag/transportation-issues Posts tagged 'transportation issues' Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:21:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Petroleum-Based Products Shape Our Lives: Does that Mean We Are Irreversibly Dependent on Oil? http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/08/petroleum-based-products-shape-our-lives-does-that-mean-we-are-irreversibly-dependent-on-oil/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/08/petroleum-based-products-shape-our-lives-does-that-mean-we-are-irreversibly-dependent-on-oil/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:21:05 +0000 Adam Williams http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/08/petroleum-based-products-shape-our-lives-does-that-mean-we-are-irreversibly-dependent-on-oil/ Crude Oil Uses for 42-Gallon BarrelIf oil is so ingrained in the modern world we all know — ubiquitous in the manufacturing and transporting of countless consumer products — does that mean we are hopelessly dependent upon it?

The question came to mind after receiving a comment from Morris (no last name given) on a previous post of mine here at sustainablog.org, World Naked Bike Ride: Is Anything Gained by Protesting Oil Dependency in the Buff?

Not to put words in Morris’s mouth, but he seems to suggest that oil cannot be escaped. Is he right? Even if he is, does that mean we should abandon efforts to break our addiction to crude?

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