To turn our heads to global warming or not.......
The sustainability of our Earth is on the line and tonight’s
vote will determine the path we will take. Should we vote to restrict emissions
to help curb the climate catastrophe we are facing with global warming? Or
should we turn our heads, ignore the problem, and vote to continue with the
unrestricted emissions environment in a time of increased deforestation to
support industrial growth? We’ve heard repeatedly that humans are negatively
impacting the climate through increased emissions at a rate that cannot be balanced
by nature’s natural defenses; especially when the natural world continues to be
swallowed up by human developments. The
signs that we need to act are all present; increased heat absorption in the
Earth, increased wildfires, melting of the polar ice caps that were resulting
to the increased sea level at a predicted rate of 1.25 inches per decade,
coastal storms reaching further inland, and more frequent flooding. And yet, we
struggle to determine how we will vote tonight! The counter to the argument
that we need to act is the prediction that the Earth is moving towards an ice
age, and the idea of anthropogenic climate change is absurd.
Despite
my efforts to prove otherwise with my PowerPoint presentation and visual of the
anticipated sea level rise, I am still faced with many non-believers.
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Sea Levels on the rise
As
can be seen in this illustration, many of the major coastal cities will soon be
fully submerged and yet, I am unable to sway the vote of the many non-believers. Now is our opportunity to make a difference. The threat is real and in order to provide a more convincing
argument, I decided to take advantage of my great-grandfathers time traveling
device. I told everyone to sit back and relax and we journey forward 5,000
years in the future.
As we approached Los Angeles, we saw nothing but
water. The once hustle and bustle of the city streets lined with tall sky scrapers
was gone. All we saw were several house boats floating across the water and swimmers/divers swimming across the water with the city below them.
City submerged
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I dialed the time travel device to zoom
in and take a closer look. Over the sound system we communicated with the
passengers of the boat. In our communications we learned the following:
·
The restricted emissions vote of 2018 did not pass.
·
Funding for the Smart car and Smart home ceased,
and while there was still citizen support and interest, these advancements
remained inaccessible to many due to high costs.
·
Deforestation continued at a high rate to
support continued efforts for growth of industrialization and housing for
Americans. Population growth continued at high levels, growing the demand for
housing.
·
Alternatives for warming homes, such as burning
corn for fuel, and installing solar panels was never fully accepted, therefore,
the use of fossil fuels continued to rise, and carbon dioxide levels saturated
the atmosphere.
·
With the increasing warmth of the Earth, surface
heat indexes continued to rise. The Earth was faced with droughts, wildfires,
increased rates of polar ice cap melting, resulting in the rise of the sea
level, coast line flooding, tropical storms moving further inland, resulting in
flooding and destruction. With each wildfire and devastating tropical storm,
the Earth lost additional natural resources and it became almost impossible to
combat the rate at which humans were negatively impacting the Earth with
continued and increasing use of emissions.
·
The volatile environment wiped out the
civilization of many communities; only a few were prepared to survive the
climate catastrophe.
At the end of our time travel, I
looked to the room and asked, “How will you vote tonight?”
Only time will tell the outcome
of tonight’s vote.
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