Environmental Issue

Out of the many problems that our world faces today, I would say the depletion of resources is most important one. What is everyone going to do when day to day resources such as food, gas, water is gone? No one actually understands the severity of this problem. Nor does anyone think it will actually happen in their lifetime. Well their wrong. The United States is a perfect example for this problem because we are very greedy when it comes to resources. We, as a country, use the most resources out of any country out there.
In the article I read  Obama calls to end subsidies on gas and oil prices because he now too realizes what it is doing to our country. We consume 20% of the worlds oil and are going through it way to fast. At this rate there wont be anything left for not only us when we are adults, but people that have yet to be born. I, myself am to blame for this because everyone does it without realizing the harmful  effects that it puts on our environment. I would say that we need to raise more awareness on this subject and  put a limit on important things that we will need in the future to survive.
There is no certain place that this issue harms specifically the most except maybe industrial cities such as New York but in the end everyone is going to be in trouble because the resources will run out everywhere, not just in New York. One of the main ways to lower this from happening is that everyone condenses the amounts of things that they use and are more aware of how this is effecting the environment and themselves in the long run. Always remember the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Without doing this our world will surely decease.

This is a link to the article I researched involving the shortages of our resources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/us/politics/obama-calls-for-an-end-to-subsidies-for-oil-and-gas-companies.html?ref=reservesnaturalresources