Week 8

This week I visited the city of Santa Monica in the year, 7010. It took me some time to realize that I was in Santa Monica after traveling 5000 years in the future because of how different it looked. What was once PCH, is know covered in water. Over 5000 years, global warming has caused the water levels to rise from the melting ice caps. These water levels were approaching the historic cliffs were the water used to reside in prehistoric times. The water also became so warm from increasing temperatures that Tuna and Dorado are the most common fish along the coast. The City had to alter its way of life after global warming almost made human being extinct. Cars no longer use gasoline but instead ran on a new type of energy, sourced from a perpetual motion engine. I later learned, after talking to Santa Monica residents, that there was a war in the year 6010. This war caused the West Coast to split from the rest of the United States because of global warming. The west coast was in conflict with the rest of the United States after the second industrial revolution. During the second industrial revolution, The East Coast and the South started to produce more and more goods, trying to compete with China. The Second Industrial revolution became so large that the environment was being ruined from waste. The West Coast thought more serious action need to happen in order to save the world, so they left the United States and made it their mission. A part of this mission involves laws that require civilians to perform a certain number of community service hours cleaning up trash in remote locations. Another law makes it mandatory for each home to have either a windmill or solar panels. The taxes are also being raised every year so "New West Coast" can continue to build and keep its green factory's running. One type of green factory uses a filtration device to take salt water and alter it into clean drinking water. Another factory periodically releases specialized chemicals to repair and protect the ozone layer. New West Coast is also on the cutting edge of innovation in producing new was to help the environment. There is a rumor going around about a new way to dispose of matter, such as trash, completely.