Oil Free!

After watching the video on Cuba and how after the 1990s fall of the Soviet Union, the result of the exporting in oil to the nations that are dependent on it had a drastic downfall on Cuba for many years. Before the fall of the Soviet Union Cuba had been a large importing country for some years, and had most of its agriculture needs that depended on oil. When they stopped receiving oil their lifestyle changed dramatically. Majority of the population on average lost 20 pounds in the next 3-5 years, and people couldn't work or get to work without gas for their cars, and the most important they had no fuel for the tractors for farming and as a result the food supply were beginning to decrease. But the people of Cuba came together and figured out how to sustain a lifestyle without oil. One of the important thing that I found interesting in the video was how the people started farming all over again without technological equipment; they started revitalizing the soil and planted corn, fruits, and other vegetables and started a farm market. They also started growing some crops in their backyards or on their rooftops. Another way that they survived was the use of solar energy to warm up the water and to use their radio and other equipment.
After watching how the Cubans manage to survive without oil, I asked myself the question if it would be possible for the United States to survive without oil? I came to the realization that this could not be achieved in such a manner as Cuba. The U.S. is a larger country than Cuba and the people would not think of living in such a lifestyle because they think that the U.S. is an advanced country where money is the solution for all problems. There aren't many places where you can grow crops in the U.S. since we're mostly an industrialized country with many urban populated areas, as well as a technological based country that solar energy wouldn't even give us half the energy we need to use the equipment that we have now. Perhaps in time we could learn to better understand the uses of the elements and learn from Cuba's experience of life without oil, therefore we can start becoming less Oil dependent and soon be Oil Free, but the day when that happens is far from now.