Shreya Manandhar

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The last barrel of oil

Published On: August 5, 2018 08:24 AM NPT By: Shreya Manandhar

As I struggled past the busy streets of Kathmandu in my electric scooter, I got stopped by the newly-installed traffic light that indicated red. Right beside me was a big petrol tanker, inside which a few key rings were rattling on the rhythm of the engine’s vibration. My 12-year-old brother who was sitting behind me and keenly observing the Spiderman key ring exclaimed, ”It’s non-renewable, my science teacher says so!”