An Insight about Gas Prices and Shortages
Let’s be real here. Fossil fuels (including natural gas) are neither unlimited nor refillable. They are resources being constantly yet incrementally extracted until their eventual and certain scarcity. So, what would happen to our way of living when that happens? What should we rely on then? In an era where a handful of undeniably beneficial alternatives have already been presented before us, we still adamantly stick to a “Plan A” that would fail us once and for all at a certain point in the future.
Proofs of this eventual failure are materializing worldwide even now, mostly in the form of three main aspects:
- Scarcity is looming ahead.
- The ongoing territorial conflicts or disputes that come on the heels of this scarcity.
- The increased use of fossil fuels causes worsening environmental implications.
Some nations have already faced the heavy brunt of fuel or gas shortages. As winter closes in on Europe and the United States, residents dread the moment when they have to deal with high electric bills that come with the surfeit use of gas-powered heaters to stay warm.
Meanwhile, the UK enters its second week of gas shortages — triggered by the lack of truck drivers to deliver the supply, in a situation that was further exacerbated by the aftereffects…
