My reflection on "The Use of Energy" by Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry’s essay, “ The Use of Energy” explores how energy is used in America and tells us how we are wasting energy that shouldn’t be wasted. “ Energy is superhuman in the sense that humans cannot create it. They can only refine or convert it. They cannot have it except by losing it; they cannot use it except by destroying it (Berry, 1986).” Yes, I agree, but we can create energy by ourselves, like creating and storing energy by using glucose(a sugar in our bodies) and we can make solar panels to obtain and store rays from the sun that we receive everyday. “Technology joins us to energy, to life. Our technology is the practical aspect of our culture (Berry, 1986).” Technology is a significant part of how we communicate with one another. We can email, instant message, use MySpace, Twitter, we can video chat and send people videos over the Internet. Technology is truly an essential aspect of our culture and how we live with this everyday. We should be trying to conserve energy in our homes and the community. You can use less energy by turning off all lights in a room when you leave it and you could bike or walk to destinations during the day instead of driving.

Reference
Berry, W.(1986). The Use of Energy: In the Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. San Francisco:The Sierra Club Books.