As I visit San Diego, my hometown in 5000 years, I am
hit with a sense of despair as the place I call home no longer exists. In 2018
we attempted to fix problems arising from the green house effect. Many people were
aware that us, as a society, were contributing many pollutants in the
atmosphere. This was causing polar ice caps to melt, oxygen levels to become
toxic, and affecting life for our future kin.
Here in the future, San Diego was completely flooded
from the melting of all ice on earth. The average temperature now is over 80
degrees in stead of being in the 50s, like in 2018. All the ice melted from the
constant increase of carbon into the environment. What happens to ice when it
melts? It turns to water. This created many coastal cities to disappear and
become like the illusive city of Atlantis.
There used to be an estimated amount of five million
cubic miles of ice on earth. All that melted was bound to be destructive. I remember
there being a huge warning of global warming. As I sit here in a boat, sailing
over San Diego, I wish people would have followed that warning.
The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) released a report in 2018. This report state
that global warming was increasing at alarming rates. The rate was at 2.7
degrees Fahrenheit above industrial levels. By 2030 it was estimated that the
planet will reach dangerous levels if greenhouse gases weren’t managed. By 2050
we would need to be at a “net zero” of emissions in order to secure the future
of our planet and mankind. That would be about a 45% decrease.
This kind of change would require change from people,
industries, and the planet. It was easy to plan and discuss but to put that
idea into action didn’t go as well.Man created the carbon increases that caused our cities
to sink. Deforestation also increased the downfall of coastal cities. Global warming
indeed happened. It was caused by our planet, but man was the one that pulled
the trigger. Many of lives were lost and many had to migrate from their homes
to higher ground. Days can get pretty hot here in the future. If you don’t die
from drowning you will probably be doomed from dehydration.
I must go back to my time and warn others of what I experienced.
We went from this:
To this:
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