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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!