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by Muhammed Mikhail A Hafidz | 29-07-2017 10:06
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I have a short story to share with you. Once upon a time, a little blue planet was occupied by a dominant species which called themselves humans. They fully rely on the planet to live. However, the humans? population increased rapidly and there was not much resources left on the planet. Then, they ran out of essentials that support their existence and eventually extinct on the little blue planet. The end. Well, that is indeed a depressing story. But believe it or not, it is not a random science fiction story that you might enjoy in the movies. It is actually one of the theory of how humans will extinct. There are signs that illustrate the probability of the theory and I will show you. First, our global population is currently at 7.2 billion and growing. Second, our little blue planet, Earth, has a total resource which are only good for 2 billion people at the current demand. Let?s do the math. It is obvious that the result is not too pretty because a dry desolated Earth is not a fun place to live in. Based on the story, what were the depleted resources? Consequently, in our world, there are three natural resources that are depleting at a very fast pace. The first natural resource is of course, water. Being the essential of all living things, water depletion is considered to be more serious than current oil depletion. We do have substitutes for oil, but we will never have anything to replace our drinking water. There are only 2.5% fresh water of the whole Earth?s water and less than 70% of it is frozen. The available fresh water that remains are used mostly in agriculture, industry, and human consumption. The consequences will not only be the shortage of drinking water, it will also affect food supply thus increasing famine and poverty. Moving on, the next depleting natural resource is oil. Without the liquid fuels from petroleum, nothing can be moved, manufactured, transported, built, planted, mined or harvested. We are informed that oil is a popular non-renewable resource due to the industrial boom. Moreover, it is estimated to only last for 25 years to go. Ironically, oil accounts for 40% of all the energy we use. Nevertheless, efforts are underway to develop cheaper and more sustainable energy resources including solar power, wind power, and many more renewable energy that could replace oils and fossil fuels. Last but not least, the resource that is often overlooked in our society is forests. To see the effects of forest depletion is very easy – imagine a world without trees. The consequences are very devastating and we are just close to that reality because half of the world?s forest has already been cleared. Each year, an estimated 18 million acres of forests are destroyed. Though forests play an important role in reducing global warming and climate change because of their ability to soak up greenhouse gases, deforestation contributes to 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually. Other contributions of forests include the production of oxygen, that is our necessity, and the habitat they provide for millions of species. The main reason we are facing forests depletion is urbanization. Illegal logging and agriculture also contributes to this global issue. It is crystal clear that we are responsible for the resource depletions. Then again, the story is not finish yet. We can still rewrite our own story if and only if every single one of us play their respective roles. It does seem impossible for one to stop the factors of resource depletion, still we can do something. The small things that we can easily do is buying electrical appliances that are energy efficient. This is to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. We can also practice to use transports other than cars whenever it is possible. Go paperless and use only recycled products to save trees. Besides, why not plant a beautiful tree wherever you can? As a conclusion, I really hope the theory will continue to be a deceit and that we can end our story happily ever after, just like in the movies. The end. References:
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10 Comments
thanks for sharing.
Posted 03-02-2018 18:08
good one.
Posted 03-02-2018 18:07
Muhammed, thank you for your report. An interesting short story that warns us. Scary thing is that this is not just a story, but that it could be our future. Reading your story, I had a time for some reflection. Thank you.
Posted 06-08-2017 20:00
Hi Muhammed! Thanks for sharing great story with us. This is really smart way to communicate the seriousness of resource depletion, and i was really impressed by your story. The last message you wrote made me think about what can i do to make changes and engage others to this activity. Let's keep the hope that we haven't written the ending of the story yet!
Posted 01-08-2017 00:01
Very nice presentation of the report on resource depletion. I wish it was just a fiction as the way you started but it is sad that this is the reality of our existence on the earth. Our valuable resources are indeed depleting because of the uncontrollable activities of man.
Posted 30-07-2017 17:58
Kudos bro, nice story that illustrates how our resources are depleted and the consequences of deforestation. Nice job
Posted 30-07-2017 12:53
Good work! I love the way you used the short story to illustrate the message in your report. Keep it up.
Posted 30-07-2017 01:44
An extraordinary way that you have implied on your writing.
This is a very informative story type writing that will broaden our mind.
Some initiative thoughts may help us to live peacefully in our beloved world.If we think like this world is our own wealth and also that our future generation is going to live in this world, we will be more cautious and never forget our duty.
Posted 29-07-2017 23:58
Mohammad-Hats off to your innovatively written report. If one reads it thoroughly, one is bound to get inspired, wake up and gear up to act and conserve resources. It is so persuading and convincing.
Man is a virus that is destroying the resources, as cancer destroys the humans. Man is over-exploiting the resources due to either his greed or selfless and careless attitude which will ultimately threaten the existence of life on the earth. I fully agree with you that this theory or story will have a tragic end (in the form of mass human extinction) if we all don't take it as an alarm to wake up and become resource, energy, water and eco-conscious.
Thank you for a well written and inspiring report.
Posted 29-07-2017 23:26
Muhammed, that is a very creative way to highlight resource depletion, the causes, the effects and the solutions, very effectively in the form of a story that ends with a hope for a better future. Thanks for sharing your story with us.
According to me water and forests are the most important resources that we need to protect, considering that as they are essential to life itself.
The first geography lesson I remember told me that three fourth of the earth is covered by water. It is so unfortunate that in spite of its abundance, this life giving and renewable resource is facing depletion, to the extent that it is being said, the next wars will be fought over water and not oil.
It is important to start working on conserving and using our precious resources judiciously for a peaceful and sustainable future for the planet.
Posted 29-07-2017 14:41