When Epstein asks students, $\text{'}$Is oil a valuable natural resource?" The right answer, he believes, is $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

Yes, of course, we are completely dependent on oil usage in today's society and this is not a problem, except for our overreliance on foreign nations for this natural resource.

No$,$ oil $($and other fossil fuels$)$ are not naturally a resource because before the $1850$s oil was not a known "resource." It was naturally usesless to humans.

No$,$ we can reject oil use by riding our bikes and relying on solar and wind power.

Yes, oil is a clearly a natural resource, but we will soon run out, so we desperately need to find an alternate source of energy