The sub-claims Sirota uses in his article are that we all must take individual
actions by reducing the oil use. And here, Sirota is trying not to scare anyone’s life
by cung o their fads, but his appeal is very simple. He has a solution to o er,
that will not make any changes to lifestyle, but will help our environment. His sub-
claims are to reduce our use of plastic bo#les, to stop buying plastic-bo#led water
and to start drinking clean tap water. Sirota’s research $nds that 17 million barrels
of oil are used annually to produce plastic water bo#les. And the biggest
consumer of all this oil is the American nation. That’s why his article is
concentrated to the general public, the everyday consumer.
Another sub-claim, Sirota makes is to stop using disposable plastic bags. Instead
he o ers the reader solution. When going grocery shopping, bring your own bag,
re-use it multiple times if necessary. But the consumer biggest problem is that
they feel no necessity to do it. People live life now and do not think of tomorrow.
There are countries that have taken action on that problem already, countries that
force business owners to charge the customer a big fee per plastic bag at any
