In 2052 a collective of elite scientist formed a think tank. The youngest was just 16 years old. The oldest was 21. There were twenty foundation members. But as they all matured and began to choose marital partners, the collective expanded and doubled in size. Their agenda was to ponder the Earth’s environmental issues and come up with a solution to return Earth’s atmosphere to its former pristine state of 150 years previous.
They were clear industry and technology were to blame for the Earth’s decline. That and capitalism – the Earth’s various governments in collusion with the corporate giants of the world refused to surrender economic benefits for the sake of salvation the severely damaged planet.
By 2062 they realised that there was no hope for Earth – the planet as their parents and grandparent had known it was crumbling before their eyes. They predicted within twenty years the Earth’s surface would become uninhabitable by human beings – and any other living species for that matter. The tectonic anchors that had been put in place would eventually be unable to hold the tectonic plates against the massive swell of geological activity below the Earth’s surface. Temperatures on the continents would soar. The Earth’s atmosphere would be filled with noxious gases released from deep within the planets core. Everyone and everything would become extinct.
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