Green - Casey Bieker

With the price of Diesel and Gasoline these days if you have to ask how much it is it may be too much. Unfortunately it effects everything that's shipped to out stores and all in transit within our big rigs. High MPG's (miles per gallon) and going green never seemed more imperative with gasoline nearing $4/gallon. I fear we might see the rise of scooter gangs that silently terrorize the neighborhoods of our big cities.

Energy - Ariel Elich

Going along with my theme from last week-

For a society to function it needs a source of energy, we must find a way to make our push button society possible, and a way to make all our commodities work. This societal energy, at present, comes form oil. We gain access to this oil through the use of an oil drill. For this concept I chose to go with a more physical interpretation of the idea of societal energy. I asked myself; what is the thing that makes this all possible? Where does it start? I don’t know that I can fully answer that question but one starting place is the oil drill itself. It is where we first make contact with this sought after substance, it is where the chain of events begins.

Rich: Ariel Elich

We are the head of this world, the Kings of the living, rich with knowledge to the point that we have become stupid. We rule here and yet we do it in a way that any smart King from the past would know is a Kingdom headed for disaster. We even know that we are headed for disaster but do nothing or little to change our course as a human race. Why are there so many of us who are blinded by greed, blinded my money and blinded by power? Why can't they see that they are going to ruin themselves and everyone else with them? Who do I talk about? The Oil Lords of the 21st century. Why are we investing all we have on a dieing resource? Because if they were to explore other options they would be forced to split up their Kingdom and loose some of their riches. But the saddest part in all of this? They will never know what true richness is, what it feels like to be the wealthiest person alive, because true wealth and true power doesn't come from oil or money or greed, it comes form love.