Post Three

The overall theme of my paragraph was protecting the environment. People are worried about the daily oil consumption around the world. Also, In the future, oil will play an important role in the world. More oil will by the same as more power.

Studies show that Central America has lost 2/3's of its forests in the last 30 years due to rising population. Deforestation is causing many environmental problems: soil erosion, not enough water, and even climate changes. Major storms have caused much more damage to the land without the shelter of the many trees that had existed in the area. Much of Central America's land is hilly and mountainous. Without the trees holding down the land, a lot of the soil has eroded. Many people are recommending that deforestation be addressed.

http://www.rifpd.org/Overview/Predicaments/Environment/Deforestation/deforestation.html

Newsweek

America consumes 21 million barrels of oil a day, a forth of the world total. China’s oil demand is increasing quickly and is second with 6.4 barrels of oil a day. Rising oil prices should lower the demand, but for rich countries, people with growing incomes are able to afford the oil. Big companies are unwilling to find new oil, buying and selling reserves from other companies, thus escalating the prices even more. In the future, countries may become stronger or weaker depending on their amount of oil. People should help out by being more conservative.

I picked this article, because the picture reminded me of a detective office. It caught my eye, and I thought it would be interesting.