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LETTER WRITTEN
IN 2070
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We are in the year 2070.
I just turned 50 years old, but I look 85.
I experience major kidney problems,
because I drink very little water.
I think that I dont have much more time to live.
Today, I am the oldest person living in
this society.
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I remember, when I was 5 years old
There were lots of trees in the parks,
houses had beautiful gardens, and I could enjoy long baths and stay in the
shower for one whole hour.
everything was very different.
Now, we have to clean ourselves by using disposable towelettes moisturized
with mineral oil.
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Before, women were proud of their beautiful hair.
Before, my father used to wash his car
with water that came out of a hose.
Today, children find it hard to believe that
one ever could use water to perfom such
a task.
Now, we have to shave our head to keep it clean without using water.
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I remember the many warnings:
DONT WASTE WATERBut nobody paid attention.
People assumed that water was
unlimited.
Today, rivers, dams, lagoons, and
under-ground water are all
either irremediably polluted or
completely dried up.
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The landscape that surrounds us has turned into nothing more than an
immense desert. Gastro-intestinal infections, and skin and urinary tract diseases have now
become the main causes of death.
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Industry is paralysed, and the jobless rate reached a dramatic level.
Desalination plants are the main employers.
They give one drinking water instead of a salary.
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People are constantly being mugged for water on the deserted streets.
80% of the food is synthetic.
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Some countries succeeded in preserving a few islands of vegetation with their
own streams. These areas are closely monitored by the army.
Water has become a rare
commodity, a highly sought after
treasure, infinitely more valuable
than gold or diamonds.
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Here, though, there are no more trees because it hardly ever rains. And
whenever it does rain, it is acid rain that comes down.
There are no more seasons. Climatic
changes such as the greenhouse effect
and the polluting activities we indulged in
during the twentieth century took care of
that.
We were warned about the need to take care of our environment, but nobody
bothered.
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When my daughter asks me to tell her how it was when I was young, I describe
the beauty of the forests.
I tell her about the rain, about the
flowers, about how pleasurable it was
to bathe, to fish in the rivers and the
lakes, and being able to drink as much
water as one desired.
I tell her about how healthy people
used to be.
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She asks me:
I feel a lump in my throat...
- Daddy! Why is there no water anymore ?
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I cant help feeling guilty, because I belong to the generation that
completed the destruction of our
environment by simply not taking
seriously any of the warnings ... and
there were so many of them!
I belong to the last generation who
could have made a difference, but who
chose not to act.
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Today, our children pay the hefty
price.
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Quite frankly, I think that, within short, life on this Earth will no longer be
possible, because the destruction of our environment reached its point of no
return.
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How I wish I could go back in time and get the Human race to understand
this ...
... at a time when it was still possible for us to do something
to save our planet Earth!