”Human Impact”
By: Eric Ouyang
Prologue
The heat wave struck so suddenly, no one was prepared. The drought that followed already has send thousands of people into the emergency room. Each year for the past five years all had some sort of huge disaster. Last year was hurricanes, the year before, a widespread disease throughout Europe, and before that, a nuclear meltdown
Recently, my parents had told me about their childhood when the temperature was much lower at this time of year. They even said that Antarctica was nearly twice the size it is now! I’ve come to the conclusion that the Earth has turned against us, and we have got to do something about it.
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“We’ve got to do it soon!”
“The president just doesn’t want to send people to live in a place just for an event that is so remote. The president also says that the money just isn’t here. The government needs it to help the people recover from all the dehydration accounts.”
“But you know that one day something will come. The weather has been going crazy in the past years. Hurricanes, Tsunamis and even many cities have started to move away from the coastline to avoid being submerged.”
“I agree that the risk is too high, but I just don’t know how to convince the others.”
“Let’s think it through and plan it out. We might be able to override him if we get more Representatives.”
“We have to get more people on this project”
“Let’s do it!”
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“Global Warming,” said Mrs. Anngreen and tapped the board. The screen instantly brought up a presentation on Global Warming.
“So this is our Earth” a holographic projection of our planet appears to her left. “Here you can see last year’s hurricanes Dephi, Edward, and Furandi,” and she pointed to each of them. “As you know, these all happened at the same time and destroyed the cities of New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, and Manila. This year, scientists are predicting even more disastrous events to occur.”
This is so boring, I thought to myself. But at least I’m not outside and that it is air conditioned in this room. I’ll just close my eyes for a second.
“Peter!” called Mrs. Anngreen right over me.
“Ahh!” I jumped in surprise, everyone laughed,
“I want to speak to you after class.” I nodded, and felt my face becoming red. After class I went up to Mrs. Anngreen’s desk, and she looked up to me, but there was no sign of opposition to what happened in class. “I know that you find this a boring topic but it is very important. I showed the class what has happened and what could happen. Earth could very well be destroyed if we don’t do anything.”
“But I don’t see how the whole ‘great disaster’ thing could actually happen”
“True, but we need to prepare for the worst. If we are not prepared for some disaster that wipes out the major cities and kills most of the Earth’s population, the human race could disappear off the face of the Earth.”
“I still think that is impossible,” I stated.
“Look at the charts of temperature in the last thirty years up to now, 2052.”
“It is going up,” I said blandly.
“And what does that mean?”
“Err, hot weather”
“And…” I thought for a second to yesterday’s lesson on hurricanes.
“Oh, and more hurricanes”
“Yep”
Part I: Harford, Connecticut – Fall of 2052
“Hello, this is the United States social security division. How are you today?”
“Um, good, do you want to speak with my dad?”
“Yes, thank you.” I handed the odd caller to my father.
He took out a small handheld, similar to what you call a Blackberry device and he started to type something on it. They spoke for at least twenty minutes, always having a very troubled look on his face. He often said the words I don’t know or I’m not sure. Finally, he agreed you what the caller wanted.
“Fine, our family will participate, but I still have the option to not do it, right?” He nodded and the caller told him some directions which were later sent to his handheld device. “Thank you.” Then Dad hung up. He rapidly shook his head and then looked at me straight in the eye. I instantly became really curious on why the caller had called and what my father had agreed to. I tried asking him, but he held up his hand to stop me. “I will explain everything later. I recommend that you look for your most important belongings.” I gave him a strange look, which he replied with a blank face.
The next day I was in school, my best friend, Alex, came over to me and asked if I had also received a mysterious call. We have been friends since he moved here from Canada three years ago.
“Yep,” I replied.
“Peter, do you know what it was about?”
“No,” I said dryly.
“My dad didn’t tell me anything either.” That day I asked a few of my other friends if they had received a strange call from the United States social security division.”
Dinner that day was very quiet. When we were almost done eating, my dad stood up.
“Kids, I have to say something. As you know recently on the news, scientists have predicted a series of possibly devastating asteroids and weather in the near future. Many of the major countries are developing an emergency plan. The US is one of these.
“Our family and many others have been chosen to be brought to a secret location that is resistant to most destructive forces known. I have already discussed this matter with your Mom, and she thinks we should go too.” Both my sister and I nodded at this.
”After the disaster that could come, everyone in this underground city will repair and rebuild our planet. Our family will leave Sunday morning at seven o’clock.”
“Alex’s family has also been chosen for the plan,” I said after he finished his announcement. No one reacted to the comment.
“Daddy, can I bring all my stuffed animals?” asked my seven year old sister, Christina after a few moments of silence.
“Not all of them. But you can bring some of them.”
“But… I like all of my stuffed animals!”
“I know, but we can only bring so much”
“We can discuss this in detail later,” my Mom said sternly. “Are you done with your homework yet?”
“Almost.” I instantly felt guilty at watching the movie I,Robot on MuviNet. (A service similar to Youtube, but for movies in High Definition)
“When you are done eating, please go finish your homework for tomorrow.” That day was Thursday. After that everything changed. On Friday, the schools started teaching everyone how to react in emergency asteroid impacts. Also, Mrs. Anngreen told our class that Alex and I were leaving, but she did not say why we were leaving.
Early in the morning on Sunday the dreaded doorbell rung, there a short man stood. He looked up at us with a cheerful look.
“Are you guys ready?” He asked, and smiled at us.
“Yes,” answered my father. We each brought a baggage with the necessities: clothing and our important personal belongings. Christiana brought a few of her stuffed animals, Mom and Dad each brought a few photo albums and a few memory cards with more photos. I brought my Swiss army knife and my father’s pocket computer. I wasn’t sure if he forgot it or he intentionally didn’t bring it, but I brought it anyways without his consent. We got onto the bus which same two already have a family inside. I looked in and saw Alex’s family.
“Hey, Alex, you are here!” I exclaimed.
“Yep!” then the bus lifted off the ground a few inches and shot forward. We quickly drove onto the highway and sped towards the Airport. In half an hour, we had traveled all the way from Hartford, Connecticut to the New York Newark airport. I walked through the sliding glass doors and the cool breeze of air conditioning blew across my face. I stared at the amazing sights that met my eye. The place was crowded with people; it looked so much different from the last time I had went to the airport which was only a year ago. Now the whole place was completely renovated with really high tech stuff. I saw huge TV screens across the wall displaying advertisements, planes taking off, or important notices. There were also many smaller screens with touch controls where one could look up his or her plane schedule. Also, what may be different about this airport from your local one is that there are no check-in desks. Everything you need to get in you have. They now use your retina and hand patterns to identify you. This way a lot of paper is saved and the process of getting to the plane is much more streamlined.
What caught my eye the most were the robots that offered assistance for nearby people. They were about four feet tall with a boxy shape and where a head should be, an LCD. One of the robots wheeled over to us.
“Hello, how are you today?” It asked in a very humanly voice with only a barely audible metallic edge to it. The screen showed a simulated face with lips that were in sync with the voice.
“Fine,” answered Dad. The face smiled and talked again.
“Do you need any assistance today at the Newark International Airport?”
“No, thank you,” replied my Dad.
“You are welcome, have a nice flight!” The robot then turned around and went to greet other people.
“That thing is really cool,” said Alex.
“I have to agree,” and nodded back at him. Now we walked across the glossy floor right to the end of the security check point line. In minutes we made it to the front of the line where the guards instructed us over to a retinal scanner. I put my head near the screen and kept one eye open and the other shut. A few seconds later the screen displayed my name, a picture of me, and large green words that said “Accepted, you may now proceed.”
Then I was led into a small room and a tall fair skinned female held up a small bar to me and then to my bag. In seconds, an image of me appeared on the wall, and what the system had identified on me and in my bag. I saw a long list of things including Levi jeans, generic shirt, and Reebok shoes.
“I noticed that you have a knife in your bag, Sir” said the security guard and sure enough in red on the screen were the words ‘Swiss Army Knife’. “I’ll lock it until you get to your destination.” She removed my knife from my bag and put a small circular red sticker on it, and then waved it next to a small box. Then she tried pulling the knife out without succeeding. “OK, you are all set.” I walked out of the room to join the rest of my family on the other side of the security check point.
“What took you so long?” asked my Mom.
“I brought my knife and they just had to lock it up”
“Peter! You know you aren’t supposed to bring knifes with you!”
“I know, but I thought that might come in handy at our special place.” Alex’s family came next to mine and we walked together to the gate. At the gate, I noticed that it seem like not everybody here was going to “the place”. The clock struck eight and we all lined up to be admitted to the plane. When I got to the front of the line, the placed my hand on a small, compact scanner beeped and in green displayed the words: Identified- Peter Derisate.
“Okay, you may proceed,” said the lady behind the desk. I walked forward into a walkway with walls made out of some sort of clear material and I looked out at the small, sleek modern plane. That was the first time it had been on such a jet. I suddenly became excited as I walked into the plane. The interior of the plane was sweet: leather seats, personal entertainment screens, and even a few robotic servants. The flight attendants inside greeted me warmly as I proceeded onto the plane. I sat down and waited for the rest of my family to sit down. On my left, there was an empty seat. Soon, Alex came to sit down there; I found it really odd that he would sit in that seat, right next to me. It is quite possible that the seating computer knew that we were really good friends and put us next to each other.
“Woo! I get to sit next to Peter!” exclaimed Alex in a very childish way. I smiled.
“Isn’t this plane awesome?” I asked.
“You bet. I haven’t seen these before. You?”
“Nope. I -” Then the pilot’s voice over the speakers cut me off.
“Hello passengers. I am John, your pilot for today’s flight. You might have noticed that this is a brand new jet. It is designed to fly almost twice as fast as today’s average jet. It will cruise at about Mach Four, or about 2800 mph. So fasten you seat belt please as we prepare for take off.” The jet then turned around to taxi to the runway. When we made it to the runway, the pilot spoke again and a loud whirring started. “Prepare for take off everyone.” I tensed up as I prepared for the plane to fly into the air. “Three…Two…One… And we are off!” The plane jerked forward and we squished back into our seats. The plane rumbled forward and through the windows everything was a blur. On the screens in front of us, a number increased very rapidly. I took me a moment to notice that the number was the current speed. The plane lifted off the runway. We sped up into the air and I was pressed even more into the seat. The rumbling nearly stopped and the ride up was amazingly smooth. I only heard a small buzzing noise from outside, but it was hardly audible. A map appeared on the screen of the current location of the plane. Then a menu appeared it had the options: movie, music, internet, and games. Naturally, I touched the words that said “internet”. Up popped an on screen keyboard for me to type in where I wanted to go. I typed in the words “new fast jet” since I was curious about the plane. A Wikipedia article appeared with the words Boeing M423.
“Alex, look here. It says: This plane is currently in use for flights from New York to Nevada and also from Houston to Nevada. The government is sending many people to Nevada for a few possible reasons. One of these is for an underground city; this has not been confirmed by any government official. Tickets for the plane are also available to people wishing to pay the high fare of around two thousand dollars.” I threw an amazed look at Alex. “Wow. That is really expensive for a plane ride.”
“Okay, Peter, whatever,” said Alex and then he yawned. “I’m sorry, I’m just really tired. Let me take a short nap.” He then closed his eyes and fell asleep. I pressed on a small icon in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. Up came the dialog asking what I wanted. I pressed on the word “Drink” and then “Ginger Ale”. In less than a minute, a small rolling robot came over and handed me a can of soda with a metal arm which stretched from his cylindrical body.
“Thank you,” I said. I suddenly felt really odd talking to a robot. The little contraption didn’t reply, but just rolled away. After drinking my soda, I felt tired too. I joined Alex in sleeping. In what felt like seconds, the pilot spoke again.
“Everybody, please prepare for landing.” I woke up. The plane then took a sharp drop and glided towards the ground. In about ten minutes we were back on the ground.
“That was really quick,” said my Dad.
“I know, only an hour and we went across the country.” We taxied across the ground to a gate. When we exited the plane, I saw a huge sign with the words: “Welcome to Las Vegas” in fancy lettering.
Part II: “A Different World” – Nearby Las Vegas, Nevada.
At the end of the passageway, there were a few government officials. One of them walked up to us.
“Are you the Derisate and Fridika Families?”
“Yes.”
“Come with us.” Two of the men brought our families up a nearby staircase where we saw tram tracks. In seconds a modern rope pulled tram came. People got off the train and we stepped on. We sped over to the other side of the airport. From there we left the building and got on a bus waiting for us outside. This bus was much larger than the one we had been on earlier and already had people on it.
After my family, Alex’s family, and the two officials got on the bus, we headed towards the mysterious place. To my surprise, in ten minutes we were headed right into a cave. The bus stopped in front of a large metal gate. The driver stepped off the bus and went over to a small panel to the side of the gate. He then looked straight into a camera and held his hand on a scanner. In a few seconds the gate rose up and we drove in. We drove through a dark passageway and stopped. The ground shook as the bus was brought down into the earth. Another gate rose up. My eyes having been adjusted to the dim lighting suddenly were blinded by the amazingly bright light.
As first I thought that I was dreaming, but I then realized that we had made it to the underground city. The light was coming from a simulated sun which moved across the ceiling. There wasn’t really a sky, just a projection of clouds on painted metal.
We halted in front two guards standing in front of a “Welcome to the Underground City” sign, and the driver told all of us to get off. One of the two government officials that had brought us here guided us over to a long building. The other brought Alex’s family in the opposite direction to another building. I waved at him, but he didn’t see me.
I turned around to follow the man. I saw that the doors all had numbers on them and a small label below it. I quickly located the plaque one with my family names. I stepped up to the door and put a hand to the door.
Nothing happened.
“Excuse me. I think there is something wrong with the door here.” The official chuckled and smiled.
“No, it is fine, here are the keys.”
“Keys?” questioned my sister.
“Yes, you put them into the hole above the door, turn and push in.”
“Is this some new security thing?”
“Nope,” answered my Mom “This is what we used to use when I was a little child. I frowned at the thought of using technology from when my mom was little.
After walking into the building, I saw that there were four rooms: a large bedroom, a smaller one, a living room, and a very small kitchen. There was something missing.
“Where is the bathroom?” I asked the officials.
“You have to share it with the neighbors. It isn’t far, just over here.” He turned around to face the door that we came in and pointed out. “It is on your left. You’ll see it as soon as you go out.”
“Are there any computers, TVs, or phones?” inquired my sister
“Yes, but you’ll be given more information later during the informational speech. You’ll hear the announcement of when to go. Also, you two kids will still go to school, just like you normally do.” Both my sister and I frowned at this idea. “Don’t worry, you’ll enjoy it. I promise it will be much more interesting than the typical class. Plus you are going to be taught by one of the best teachers in the United States.” I sighed and looked at my Mom, who just shrugged.
“I know you guys are very tired. Relax, and get settled.”
“Thank you,” said my Dad and the man left. That night, our whole family and Alex’s went to the main plaza where thousands of other people were also gathered. There are also many United States army men there. Then the United States President walked out onto the platform and spoke.
“Welcome everybody on this late evening, underground.” People laughed at his addition to his sentence. “Every family here was chosen randomly from the list of people in the US who met the requirement. The reason of this which you all probably know quite well is to keep America alive after some disaster on our planet.
Recently NASA has predicted a large asteroid will hit the United States next summer. This asteroid may or may not destroy the Earth’s human population, but we don’t want to take any risks.” He continued onward but I wasn’t listening I just looked around for Alex. I couldn’t find him in the crowd.
“Mom, do you know where his family is?”
“No, why?” my Mom had a very curious look on her face.
“I really want to find out where his place is in this city.”
“We can look for him after the President’s speech.” I nodded back and waited for him to finish his announcement. I found Alex in the crowded people while we headed back to our “home”. My mom gave me permission to follow his family back to their “home”. The house was the similar to ours in shape and size. A person later knocked on their front door. Alex and I walked over.
“Hello, I’m here to give your special necessities. First these are cell phones that work on the special network we have here.” He handed us four phones one for each member of their family. “And here are your identification cards” she handed us four shiny blue cards with names and a photo of each member of their family. Don’t lose these, but if you some how do, call the Card service for them to deactivate it and they’ll get you a new one.”
“What are they for?” inquired Alex.
“You use them for everything from getting food to checking out resources from the library. You can learn more about them in the book that your parents have. If you have any more questions you can always call star to talk to a representative. Thanks.” The person then just left and headed to the next house. We brought the stuff to Alex’s parents. On the way to the other side of the small house, I saw the clock which read 9:00. I wasn’t really sure exactly what that meant. Did it mean to go to bed since tomorrow is Monday, a school day? Or maybe it meant that I should go watch a movie? Or maybe chat with my friends online? I made up my mind then, to go back home. I say my goodbyes to their family and Alex, then I walked back home.
This is so odd, I thought. It’s 9:00, I’m underground in this safety human thingy and it is predicted that asteroids and hurricanes will come sometime next year. I soon made it to my house and knocked. My sister opened the door and I walked in. The first thing that I noticed was that my parents weren’t there.
“Where are they?” I whispered to my sister.
‘”In their room, I don’t know what they are talking about.” I quickly because curious and went to their room and listened hard, but only heard a few words like tomorrow, Alex, disaster, and change.
“Oh, here is your stuff,” murmured Christina and she handed me my card and phone. I took out my usual cell phone and synced the two phones with all my stuff, but it didn’t allow me to sync my contacts. It just said invalid number for all of them. My parents then came out of their room.
“You guys should go to bed. I’m pretty sure there is school tomorrow.”
“Okay,” said Christina. All the old fashioned things just suddenly reminded me of something my mom had told me before. She said that people even used to have to brush their teeth every night. Now we have the Teeth Protector goo that the dentists put on your teeth every time you go there. How annoying that would be! I thought to myself.
Part III: “Life in the Underground City”
The next day there was a loud knocking on the door. I looked out to see humanoid robot about as tall as I was and he smiled at me a shockingly humanly smile.
“Good morning! Are you ready for school today?”
“Um, sure!” I said nervously to the robot.
“Please remember to bring your card and phone.”
“I haven’t eaten yet though”
“That is okay, we will provide food later. Tell your parents that you are leaving.” I ran over to my still sleeping parents. I shook my Dad awake and told him about the robot and that I was to leave.
“Fine, don’t get into too much trouble. It is only your first day here.” I ran back to the robot with my stuff.
“We must also pick up another child. Come with me.” I followed him to a nearby house and the robot knocked on the door and repeated almost exactly what I had said to me. I smiled and waved at the child who seemed a year or two younger than me. She also went in to tell his parents and came back with what he needed.
“Now we go to school,” said the robot in a monotone voice.
“What is your name?” I asked.
“Denise. Yours?”
“Peter, nice to meet you,” I stopped and pondered on what to say next. “What do you think of this place?”
She looked around and whispered in my ear. “I’m not enjoying it. I’m only here because my parents are helping run the project.”
“I see.” We soon made it to a large modern building where hundreds of kids were gathered with more robots. The scene was not very school like with everyone talking. Everyone was mostly quiet except for some whispering. In a few minutes, a tall seemingly well educated, middle aged dark haired man walked up to a podium.
“Welcome students. I will be your principle at this school. My name is Dr. Terbise. I know all of you find this new place very odd and strange. One of my jobs is to make just each of you kids are comfortable in this new environment. Today you will meet your teachers and learn the basics of this school and society. Every day we will begin with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Let’s do that now. Please face the flag which is to your right” Everyone faced the flag and recited the Pledge. That day continued similar to a “normal first day at school”.
My homeroom teacher Ms. Redium first made each of us introduce ourselves. Then she went over some ground rules which included that fact that we couldn’t contact the outside world in any form whether it was through email or voice or mail. Later, we got a tour of the school and met our other teachers.
At the end of the day I saw Denise again. She asked if I wanted to explore the city with her. I called my parents and they agreed.
The days after that flew by as quickly as if I was still back home and it really seemed like so. Even though I missed my friends from Connecticut, I quickly made new ones at the school. Life continued on normally, except for the fact that we were underground in some remote area in Nevada. What amazed me most was the realism of weather there. Some days it was cloudy, other times it was raining or snowing, sometimes there was even thunder and lightning. I tried numerous times to try and figure out how they did it, but each time I asked the teachers, they just said that they had no idea. I think that they don’t want to tell us so we can live as normal of a life as possible.
Every two months, the whole city met and went over the changes in the plan after the asteroid it and rehearsed parts of it.
Part IV: “Our Fate is Coming” – Summer of 2053
It was very sudden; I was working on a very light load of homework when a voice came through the speakers in the house. “Could everyone please gather in the Hall at center of the city in half an hour? There will an important meeting tonight.” I finished up my homework and went over to Mom who was reading on her bed.
“Should we go now?” I inquired.
“Okay, I think we’ll be able to meet Dad there,” replied Mom. We went out into the warm, but not hot night, and then we strolled over to the Hall. “Hey look, it is your friend Denise.”
“Hi! So you are going to the meeting too?”
“Obviously”
“Where are your parents?” asked Mom.
“Oh, they have been at the Hall for already an hour, planning some stuff out with all the other council members.”
At the meeting the council members told us more about the emergency plan. After the speech given by the Head of the Council, the adults were taught basic skills including how to create fire, gather wood, and how to use the water purifier that will clean out dirty water. The kids were thought how to deploy the survey robots to find the best place to build a new city, and we were also taught how we could assist our parents.
We all became settled in the months that followed, but it was one bright day in the early days of spring, 2054 when the dreaded announcement came.
“Attention all people, it has been confirmed that an asteroid will hit Earth in about a month and a half. Please do not panic, everything will be fine. We will discuss more on this topic later.” At first I thought that this might be another one of those rehearsals, but something about the speaker’s voice made me unsure of this assumption. In the days that followed, the parents often had meetings late in the night to discuss further on the emergency. I didn’t hear much about exactly what they had spoke about, but I knew that they were in contact with the government who helped us get through it. The rest of the US was not yet informed about the news. I assumed that the US government didn’t want everyone to go into “panic mode.” Maybe they might not even tell them and just let it happen, and go from there.
At school, the teachers although were told to remain calm, were starting to get stress out over what was going to happen. They started to teach us more about the plans and what was going on. Many times I heard that the younger kids in other classes were crying from the horrible event that was going to occur.
That day eventually came, but we were all well prepared. There was a countdown before the impact.
“Good Afternoon, we have tracked the asteroid and the exact time of when it will hit. At 7:52 PM tonight, the asteroid will hit nearby the city of Georgetown in Guyana. For those of you who do not know where that is, it is in the northern part of South America. Everyone within the immediate area nearby has been evacuated to safer land last week. We will keep you informed during the next few hours.” Everyone in the city was unbelievably quiet as we all waited for it to happen.
“Hello, this announcement it to say that the asteroid will hit in less than ten minutes now.”
The time came. Nothing really happened. I thought I heard a “boom” off in the distance, but I think it was just my imagination. The voice of the Head of the Council came back on.
“Congratulations on making it through, the asteroid has hit the Earth. Right now, I do not know what the status is. Please resume your activities. I will try to tell you what to do as soon as I get the information. I turned to Mom.
“Well? That was some crazy event. I’m really tired now, may I go to sleep. Wake me up if there is any important news.”
“Okay, Peter.” Replied Mom still dazed and confused. The next day school was really quiet, and odd. The next few days progressed with little talk. Everyone wanted to know what had happened. A week after the asteroid hit, the voice came back with the news.
“So I just got in the data from the survey planes that we sent out. Everywhere the eye can see there is dust. The photos they brought back are very interesting. They have found some survivors nearby and you might see some in the next few days, please treat them kindly.”
Three weeks later, the plan that we had rehearsed so many times was carried out. We began by sending out robots to clear out and survey the land. Some people were sent to Las Vegas to start repairs there. A month after the impact, we started to receive messages from other underground cities like ours. They told us more about how it was like over there. Everywhere it was the same gray land filled with no people and dust covered buildings.
The years that followed we were able to rebuild much of Las Vegas and some people started to move there. It was a really amazing experience for all of us. As time progressed even further, we expanded our restoration procedure and had already got many cities back in working condition.
Life started to return back to normal about 8 years after the asteroid impact. My outlook on life had changed dramatically over the years as everyone worked on restoring the cities to their former liveliness. But what amazed me the most is that when the asteroid actually hit, all across the world everyone knew what he or she had to do. Every single one of us was prepared for it.
I have a feeling that if the asteroid came even ten years earlier, we wouldn’t have been so well prepared. Every time I look back at those days, I feel that we were extremely lucky. I also believe that the asteroid was an intentional way for some higher being to clear out our Earth and for us to start fresh. Now we know to control pollution, the carbon dioxide levels, and to keep our planet a healthy place to live. It’ll take time for Mother Nature to restore herself, but it is coming along just fine. And we are helping her in countless ways. Now, there are virtually no power plants that produce huge amounts of CO2, instead it its place are huge solar power plants, enormous wind farms, and thousands of wave turbines. No more worrying about the Ozone, the melting ice caps, the coral reefs. It is amazing how each part we, as humans, have damaged on Earth have been able to repair themselves, now that we give them that chance.
Most of all, we have finally accomplished what we should have done so many decades ago.
