We often do and use a lot of the same things everyday, but never take time to appreciate it. John Bang, a student of UPENN, currently is in Korea and wishes to share with us on how we shouldn't take regular commodities for granted.
Thank you John for your post.
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After spending more than a week abroad (if you really wanna know where, read on), I've come to a few conclusions as to what I've taken for granted in the good ol' U.S. of A.
One of the things I've taken for granted is my Audi A4. Auto commercials have always seem to equate cars with independence and freedom. Imagine having to drive without more than a foot's distance between your car and the others surrounding you on all four sides. You now have a picture of what it's like to drive in South Korea. If you're a claustrophobic, don't consider driving here.
Having experienced the mental strenuousness (albeit not firsthand) of driving in Korea, I'd say one of the things I'm looking forward to most is cruising along at 70 mph, if not faster, on California's freeways again.
Air pollution. You hear that word repeated again and again by environmental advocates these days. I want to tell people, relax! Live a little. Of course we shouldn't be dumping nuclear waste into the oceans or emitting gases that cause acid rain from our factories, but it's plain and simple: technology will be the answer to our problems. It always has been.
If you're still fixated on air pollution, go abroad to a developing country who doesn't have standards or laws regarding the burning of trash, such as Ghana. Go to China, where air pollution's unavoidable in cities
like Beijing and GuangZhou. These countries' industries need regulation, but also better technology, which is what the U.S. has always invested in.
It's not so bad in the States. Stop complaining. Now go out there and start finding solutions to these issues like global warming! Become a scientist or something. My advice to environmentalists? Instead of telling other people what to do, start with yourself.
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