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Earth
racks up a big bill in this week's cartoon.
This week's cartoon was created
by Jesse Hu Jenkinson, a fifth-grader at Locke Hill Elementary
School in San Antonio, Texas. Jesse's cartoon won Third Prize
in the kindergarten-through-sixth grade category of the NewsCurrents
Student Editorial Cartoon Contest. In this cartoon, the planet
Earth is sitting at a bar, drinking oil. Oil, or petroleum, is
one of Earth's most important natural resources. It is used for
making gasoline and other fuels. Petroleum is also a fossil
fuel. That means it is found underground, and is made from decomposed
remains of prehistoric plants and animals. There's a limit to
how much oil we can get from underground, and we can't make it
as we need it. That's why it is called a non-renewable fuel.
In this cartoon, the bartender
is telling Earth to pay its bill, and on the bill is written
"pollution." Do you agree that pollution is the
price we pay for using too much oil? Using oil causes pollution
that is harmful to Earth's environment in many ways, including
causing the greenhouse effect that leads to global warming. What
kinds of things can people do to use fewer petroleum products?
Why do you think Earth is drinking too much oil in this cartoon?
Does this cartoon do a good job of making people think about
the real "price" of using too much oil? Do you think
this is a good cartoon?
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Thought
Questions:
Do you feel like you are "paying"
for the ecological mistakes of past generations? What kind of
world do you want to leave to the children of the future?
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For More
Information:
To see all the prizewinning
cartoons in the NewsCurrents Student Editorial Cartoon Contest,
click here.
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