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IN THE YEAR 2070

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Article
Article published
published in
in the
the magazine
magazine
"Crnicas
"Crnicas de
de los
los Tiempos,
Tiempos, in
in April
April 2002.
2002.

This
This is
is the
the year
year 2070
2070
II have just
just turned
turned 50,
but
but II look
look and
and feel
feel 85.
85.
II suffer
suffer from
from serious kidney problems,
because
because II do not drink enough water.
I'm
I'm afraid
afraid II do
do not
not have
have
much
much time
time left to live.
I am one of the oldest people
in
in this society.

II remember
remember when
when II was
was aa child
child of
of 5.
5.
Everything
Everything was
was very
very different.
different.
There
There were
were lots
lots of
of trees
trees in
in the
the parks,
parks, houses
houses with
with beautiful
beautiful gardens,
gardens,
and
and II could
could enjoy
enjoy having
having aa shower
shower for
for half
half an
an hour.
hour.
Nowadays
Nowadays we
we use
use towels
towels with
with mineral
mineral oil
oil to
to clean
clean our
our skin.
skin.

Before,
Before, women
women had
had beautiful
beautiful hair.
hair.

Now,
Now, we
we have
have to
to shave
shave our
our heads
heads
to
to keep
keep them
them clean
clean without
without the
the use
use of
of
water.
water.

Then,
Then, my
my father
father washed
washed his
his car
car with
with
water
water coming
coming out
out of
of aa hosepipe.
hosepipe.

Now,
Now, my
my son
son does
does not
not believe
believe that
that
water
water could
could be
be wasted
wasted that
that way.
way.

II remember
remember there
there were
were
SAVE
SAVE WATER
WATER
warnings
warnings on
on outdoor
outdoor posters,
posters,
radio
radio and
and TV,
TV, but nobody paid
attention.
attention. We
We thought
thought that
that water
water
was
was to
to last
last forever.
forever.

Now,
Now, all
all the
the rivers,
rivers, lakes,
lakes, dams
dams and
and
underground
underground water
water beds
beds are
are either
either dry
dry
or
or contaminated.
contaminated.

Industry
Industry came
came to
to aa standstill,
standstill,
unemployment
unemployment is
is sky
sky high.
high.
Desalination
Desalination plants
plants are
are the
the main
main source
source of
of employment
employment
and
and workers
workers receive
receive part
part of
of their
their salary
salary in
in drinkable
drinkable water.
water.

Assaults
Assaults on
on the
the streets
streets for
for aa can
can of
of water
water are
are very
very common.
common.
Food
Food is
is 80%
80% synthetic.
synthetic.

Before,
Before, it
it was
was recommended
recommended an
an adult
adult drinks
drinks 88 glasses
glasses aa day.
day.
Nowadays,
Nowadays, II am
am only
only allowed
allowed half
half aa glass.
glass.

We
We now
now have
have to
to wear
wear disposable
disposable clothing,
clothing,
and
and this
this increases
increases the
the amount
amount of
of litter.
litter.
We
We are
are using
using septic
septic tanks,
tanks,
because
because the
the sewerage
sewerage system
system does
does not
not work
work for
for lack
lack of
of water.
water.

All
All the
the people
people look
look horrible:
horrible: wrinkled
wrinkled due
due to
to dehydration,
dehydration,
full
full of
of sores
sores caused
caused by
by ultra
ultra violet
violet radiation,
radiation,
as
as the
the ozone
ozone layer
layer is
is almost
almost gone.
gone.
Skin
Skin cancer,
cancer, gastrointestinal
gastrointestinal infections
infections and
and of
of the
the urinary
urinary tracts
tracts
are
are the
the main
main causes
causes of
of death.
death.

Due
Due to
to the
the excessive
excessive drying
drying of
of the
the skin
skin young
young people
people of
of 20
20 look
look like
like 40.
40.

Scientists
Scientists have
have
no
no solution
solution
to
to the
the problem.
problem.

Water
Water cannot
cannot be
be produced,
produced, oxygen
oxygen is
is not
not sufficient
sufficient due
due to
to the
the
lack
lack of
of trees
trees and
and vegetation,
vegetation, and
and the
the intellectual
intellectual capacity
capacity of
of the
the
younger
younger generations
generations is
is severely
severely impaired.
impaired.

The
The morphology
morphology of
of spermatozoa
spermatozoa in
in many
many men
men has
has changed.
changed.

As
As aa consequence,
consequence, babies
babies are
are born
born
with
with deficiencies,
deficiencies, mutations
mutations and
and
physical
physical deformities.
deformities.

The
The average
average life
life expectancy
expectancy is
is 35
35 years.
years.

Water
Water became
became
aa very
very coveted
coveted treasure.
treasure.
Any
Any green
green zones
zones crossed
crossed by
by
rivers
rivers are
are guarded
guarded by
by armed
armed
soldiers.
soldiers.

Where
Where II live,
live, there
there are
are no
no trees,
trees, because
because it
it seldom
seldom rains.
rains.
If
If it
it does,
does, itit is
is acid
acid rain.
rain.

We
We were
were warned
warned to
to look
look after
after the
the environment,
environment, but
but nobody
nobody cared.
cared.

II tell
tell my
my son
son about
about the
the green
green fields,
fields,
the
the beautiful
beautiful flowers,
flowers, the
the rain,
rain, how
how
we
we swam
swam and
and fish
fish in
in the
the rivers
rivers and
and
dams,
dams, drinking
drinking all
all the
the water
water we
we
could,
could, and
and how
how healthy
healthy people
people
were.
were.

He
He asks:
asks:
Daddy!
Daddy! Why
Why there
there is
is no
no water?
water?

Was
Was II guilty
guilty ??
My
My generation
generation destroyed
destroyed the
the
environment.
environment.
We
We did
did not
not heed
heed the
the warning
warning signs.
signs.

Now
Now our
our children
children
pay
pay aa very
very high
high price!
price!

Soon, I think,
life on earth will not be possible,
as the destruction of nature
nature has
has reached an
an irreversible
irreversible stage.

How I would like to go back and make mankind understand

...that we still had time to save our Planet Earth.

Dont Let story end, Save

Water

Please save the

environment i.e water,
tree etc for sake our
coming generation and
avoid this explosion of
the earth planet
,