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Inmylife,I'veseenNewYorkCityunderfullquarantine.
TheMidwest,overrun,devastatedbypests.
PlaguessweepacrossCalifornia.
Andthenwhathappenednextwassomethingnoneofussawcoming.
Itbecamearaceagainsttimetosaveourfuture,
toevenhaveafuture.
It'stheyear2100andIsurvived.
Tochangethefuture,firstyouhavetoimagineit.
"Earth2100"
startsnow.
Theideathatwithinthiscentury,perhapsinyourlifetime,
ourcivilizationcouldlieinruinsseemsunbelievable.
Butaccordingtosomeoftheworld'sleadingminds,
that'snotjustaworst-casescenario,it'sarealpossibility.
Goodevening,I'mBobWoodruff.
Overthenexttwohours,we'lltakeyouonajourneyintoaworld
thatcouldawaitusandourchildren.
370,000babieswillbeborntoday.
Andwe'vetakenthelibertyofcreatingonemore,
afictionalcharacterwe'recallingLucy,whowillbeourguidethroughthiscentury.
Herlifestoryisnotapredictionaboutwhatwillhappen,
butwhatmighthappen.
Thisoncegloriouscity,whoselightsatnightcouldbeseenformiles,
emptynow.
Itstoweringskyscrapers,onceatestamenttoouringenuity,
nowstandascrumblingmonumentstoourdemise.
Maybeonlyartistscangraspwhatthatkindoffuturereallyholdsforus.
It'sperhapsintheareathatwethinkoftodayassciencefiction,
butthatcouldbeaveryrealfuturefortheplanet.
Ahundredyearsfromnow,ifNewYorkisabandoned,
Icanimaginesomeadvancedcreatures,
maybehumans,maybeextraterrestrials,
lookingatNewYorkandsaying,
thoseignorantpeople,howonearthcouldtheyhaveeverexpectedtosurvive?
Icanaskmyselfwhathappened,
butwheredoIbegin?
Withthedroughts,thefamines,theplague?
Itbeganlongbeforeallthat.
Ilivedthroughitall.
Mystoryiseveryone'sstory,
thestoryofthelastcentury.
IwasbornJune2nd,2009.
Civilizationwasatacrossroads.
Wewereinaraceforourfuture.
Today,Isaytoyouthatthechallengeswefacearereal.
Theyareseriousandtheyaremany.
Thetemperatureisexpectedtokeepgoingup.
Thestockmarketplunged.
DouglasCountywillrunoutofdrinkingwater.
Theywillnotbemeteasilyorinashortspanoftime.
SixthgradercamedownwithsuspectedswinefluonWednesday.
Energy,climate,food,population,economicpressures,
anyoneofthesechallengesmightbeveryseriousinitself.
Butbecausethey'rehappeningallsimultaneously,
it'sgoingtobeverydifficultforourgovernmentstocope.
WhenIlookatthenextcentury,Ifeelit'supforgrabs.
-Raisingsealevels...-Catastrophicweather.
-Ten-yeardrought...-It'sscary.
Thesearethingsthatarehappeningtoday.
Thetimeforactionisnow.
Theworldhadneverknownsuchuncertainty.
Wewereusedtohavingwhatwewantedanddoingwhatwewanted.
TheanalogythatIwoulddrawissomeonelookingattheirbankaccount
andweekafterweek,they'rewithdrawingmoneyandthey'reenjoyingthegoodlife.
Iftheywouldbothertoreadthestatements,
theywouldseethatthebankaccountisdropping$900,$800,$700,$600.
Andatthatrateyouknowthatanothersixmonthsofthegoodlife
isnotgonnabeagoodlifeanymore.
We'veactedasthoughwewereindependentoftheenvironment.
Weburnedfossilfuels.
We'veoverusedourrenewableresources
inthebeliefthatwecoulddothatforever.
Peoplearecomplainingabouttheeconomiccrisiswehaverightnow.
Youhaven'tseennothingyet.
Youknow,ifwecontinuedownthissuicidalpathwaythatwe'reon,
wherewebasicallyturnlivingstuffintodeadstuffandcallthateconomicgrowth,
thiswilllooklikethegoodolddays.
AlthoughtheworldIwasbornintowasrunningoutofsomuch,water,oil,land,
Irememberalovingfamily,abighouse,greenlawn,
morewaterthanweknewwhattodowith.
Myparentsmusthaveknownwhatwashappening.
Wehadacompactcarandrecycled.
Anditwasn'tjustus.
Smart,imaginativepeopleeverywherewereworkingfuriouslyonsolutions.
Ourgovernmentwaspouringmoneyintoalternativeenergy.
Itseemedlikeeveryonewasgrowingtheirownvegetablegarden.
Windmillsweresproutingupallover.
Peoplewerebeginningtounderstand.
Buttheclockwasrunningout,andnaturewasalwaysonestepahead.
Flowersarebloomingearlier
andtreesareleafingearlier.
Birdsarecomingbackfrommigrationmuchearlier.
IfyouweretopullbackfromtheEarth,whatyouwouldseeis
sortofarefugeemovement,ifyouwill.
Andspeciesaremovingtheirrangesfarthernorthtogettocool,
fromsouthtonorth,andfromthevalleysuptothemountaintops.
Ofcourse,asachild,Ididn'tnoticethesethings,
havingnothingtocompareitto.
Iwasalittlegirlenchantedbymysmallworld.
Untilonesummer,thousands,maybemillions,ofdragonfliesshowedupoutofnowhere.
TheyweredelicateandbeautifulandIputoneinajar.
Mymotherwaspuzzledandlookedthemup.
TheyweresupposedtobeinCuba,notMiami.
ItwasnotuntilmuchlaterthatIrealizedtheywereasignofwhatwastocome.
It's2015,sixshortyearsfromnow,
andthebest-laidplansaregettingunderway.
AwavefarmoffScotlandisharnessingtheocean'senergy.
VaticanCityhasgonetotallysolar.
AndhereinAmerica,carsarerunningcleanerandmoreefficiently.
Still,weclingtothatoldhabit,oil,
andit'sgettingharderandmoreexpensivetofind.
Fromcoasttocoast,
motoristsaresearchingforrelieffromsoaringgaspricesinCalifornia...
Wecouldseeadoublingortriplingofrealoilprices,that'safterinflation.
We'rerunningoutofoilandwe'vecreatedasociety,
theAmericanwayoflifeiswhatwecallit,
basedontheassumptionthatoilwillbeplentifulforever.
Thelargespreadoutsuburbsthatwe'vegrownaccustomedto,
thestripmalls,
thebigboxstoreswiththeirenor
allofthosehavebeenmadepossiblebecausewe'vehadcheapgasoline,
andasenergybecomesmuchmoreexpensive,you'llseethatthoseareasbecome
lessdesirableplacestolive.
ThefirsttimeImoved,Iwassix.
Alotofpeoplewereleavingthesuburbsforthecity.
Therewerenewjobs,andyoudidn'tneedacarforeverything.
MydadwasgoingtoworkonthenewstreetcarsysteminMiami.
Andmymothertoldmeweweregoingtoliveonthetopfloorofanapartmentbuilding.
Shesaidwe'dseethepalmtreesbelowus.
Iwasexcited,butalsoalittlesadtoleave.
Asthepriceofoilgoesup,
itwillripplethrougheverypartoftheglobaleconomy.
InWashingtontoday,protestersdemandedanendtorisingfoodprices.
Ouragriculturesystemisalmostwhollydependentoncheapoil.
Tremendousamountsofdieselfuelthatareusedinplantingandharvesting
andthenmovingthestuff,allthesevastdistances.
By2015intheUnitedStates,addabout20millionpeopletothepopulation
andthenjustplayoutwhatthatdoestoconsumptionpatterns.
Imean,the,thenumberofpeoplethatwe'vegottofeed.
There'sjustbasicallythisslow,creepingtensionfornaturalresources.
AstheAmericanwayoflifebecomesincreasinglyunsustainable,
therestoftheworldwillbetryingtocatchup.
TheChineselikecars.
Andtheylikebigcars.
Youhave14,000carsoutontoChina'sroadsdaily.
Incomesarerisingreallyrapidly.
They'removingintomeat-baseddiets.
Youneed10poundsofgraintogetonepoundofmeat.
Thereissimplynowaythattherestoftheworldcanstarteatingmeatthewaywedo.
IfeveryoneintheworldconsumedasmuchastheaverageAmerican,
itwouldtaketheresourcesoffourEarthstosupporttheplanet'spopulation,
whichraisesthequestion,
shouldtherestoftheworldconsumeless,orshouldwe?
Americanhabits,though,arehardtobreak.
WeintheUShavegottenusedtotheideathatwe'resomehow
immunetonaturallimitsandit'stheotherpeoplewhoaregoingtosuffer.
Goodmorning,Miami.
Thesummerof2015isontracktobecomeoneofthehottestinhistory.
Temperaturesareexpectedtobeinthetripledigits.
MymotherandIwerewaitingforgas.
Thelinewentaroundtheblockandthensome.
Nothingnew.
Butthistime,thelinehadstoppedmovingaltogether.
Amanwhoworkedatthegasstationcameoutholdingasign.
Peoplestartedyellingandtheygotoutoftheircars
andstartedmovingtowardshim.
Mymothergotusoutoftherefast.
I'vebeenstakingoutanareathat'sbeen
hithardrecentlybygassnatchers.
Lookathim,hegetsout,walksrightuptothecar.
Wow.
Lookatthis,rightinthemiddleoftheday.
There'scarsgoingby,andtheseguysare...
siphoninggasoutofsomeone'scar.
Inthefaceofmountingprotestsoverrisinggasandfoodprices,
Congresstodayapprovedaplantofundtheconstructionof
40newcoal-firedpowerplantsoverthenextfiveyears.
Thecountrytooktheeasywayout.
Coalwasonceagaintoutedasourso-calledsalvation.
Butthemorecoalweburned,thefasterourplanetwarmed.
Yougetthepicture.
We'respewingmorecarbon,moremethane,
morenitrousoxideintotheatmosphere.
Allthebadthingsofclimatechangearecomingtrue.
Andmostpeoplewerejustgoingalongwiththeireverydaylives
asifnothinghadchanged.
Anduntilwehaveacrisisofsomekind,
Idon'tthinkwe'regoingtobemotivatedtowakeupandsay,okay,nowwehavetochange.
Sometimesittakesabigshocktogetpeople,
youknow,outoftheinertiathat,that,that'sbuiltintothesystem.
They'recallingitthestormofthecentury,
HurricaneLindapackingCategory5winds.
Bigstormsweren'tunusual.
Butthisonewasbiggerthantheothers.
AnditwasheadedforMiami.
Allcoastalregionsarebeingevacuated.
Thisstormmakeslandfall,we'regoingtoseeatremendousstormsurge.
Mymotherwasanurse,
andsh
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