Colleen’s Blog

        Did you know the worlds oil supply is dwindling? 90% percent of the worlds trasportation relies on petroleum or oil. Trucks,planes, cars,trains, and most of the worlds transportation runs on oil. Also things like toothpaste, medication, detergents, fertilizers, and trash bags are made from oil.                  

       We use so much oil today!In 1956 M.Hubbard proposed a theory about peak production.He saw that an oil field has times when production spikes to a a peak , then production goes down just as fast as it climbed. Hubbard thinks the world supply will peak in about 2030.This is when all the “easy oil” will be gone. Then we might have to drill remote regions like the Caspian Sea or the tundras of Siberia.

      Another problem is OPEC and non-OPEC oil. OPEC stands for, Organization of Oil Exporting Countries. OPEC oil is mostly from the Persian Gulf region.It is sometimes difficult to get oil because of war in the Middle East.So, the West tries to rely on non-OPEC oil.Non-OPEC oil production may peak as early as 2015!Then the West will have to use OPEC oil.

     As the oil supply begins to decline,scientists are trying to find alternate energy sources. In the meantime you can coserve oil by driving energy efficient cars which also pollute a little less.

           These are the OPEC countries.

Nathan Swaya built New Orleans out of Legos to give children hope of a rebuilt city. New Orleans was mostly destroyed by hurricane Katrina in 2004. Swaya plans to unveil his masterpiece at a local library on November 17. On that day lots of schools will receive millions of Lego blocks donated by U.S kids.

This isn’t Swaya’s city, but it is built of legos!