This week, ABC aired a documentary entitled “Earth 2100”. The documentary was put together to warn the audience of the possible risk that we would encounter if our live styles do not change. The storyline is presented through the fictional character, Lucy, that conveys her life experience in a very horrid environmental world. She warns of population growth, resource depletion, and climate change that can bring the world to a point of no return.
The documentary graphically displays efforts to make a “green” society but also the lack of it. The human instinct of survival begins to take over to the point where even the government cannot control the issues and collapses. This is an effort to convince everyone that we have to change our way of life in order to protect our environment.
I believe the documentary is one of a kind and is not far-fetched by any means. However, in order for us to make are communities, cities, and towns more “green” it going to take money. Nonetheless, government officials and environment experts can barely get people to recycle, conserve energy and become more “environment-friendly”. The cost of solar and wind energy is expensive and hybrid cars cost $3,000-$8,000 more than regular cars. These issues should be quickly tackled.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Unless there’s financial reform and a serious effort on everyone part, the outcome of the documentary may very well be true.
It’s already starting to happen: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE55H4MP20090618