After reading an article about Chevron's profit surges, I felt that everyone should know the how the oil companies are playing us for the gas needy citizens we are. While the average person frets about rising gas costs, soon it will be a luxury to drive instead of a necessity. For the people trying to make ends meet, rising gas prices can mean a world of difference getting to work. Out of all the companies out there, oil companies seem to care the least about its consumers. It’s increasing prices even if consumer demands stay the same. The company is pushing the selling point higher than it ever was before. However, we as consumers are just sitting idly by as the oil companies bully us. As we enter a new future of renewable resources and green living, we should learn to use alternatives to fuel and only use fuel when needed. We need to teach a lesson to the next generation about the dangers of the oil companies.

People have already started to think about how we could ever survive without oil. An online game was recently created called World Without Oil (www.worldwithoutoil.org). The design was based on what would we do without oil? How would it change our lives? How can we better ourselves without it? These are important questions to ask and as the oil prices rise, we should consider if we really need that much oil. Maybe we’re just being excessive, but soon, oil will be just another extravagance in our everyday lives unless we all do something to change it.