When I got up this morning, I found no electricity at home. The water was not coming either. I left for the market as I had some groceries to buy. I stopped at the patrol station and realized that the station was closed. Upon inquiry, I was told that on Tuesdays the stations are shut downed to save patrol and gas. Somehow, I managed to reach the market.
The prices of vegetables and daily food products are reaching the sky, I observed. A poor woman was crying because she didn't have enough money to buy vegetables to feed her children. I gave her some money and returned home.
The weather was a hot and humid and I decided to lie down for a little while. I started thinking of my morning and wondered what would happen in year 2050 if today, things are so difficult.
In 2050, electricity would either be too expensive for the masses; or people would have found a new way to light up their homes and provide energy to devices and machines. Perhaps, people would start using lanterns and candles again. They might again build houses with big gardens and large front yards. We are making electricity from water today, but in future it seems that even water would be scarce. Solar energy is also used to make electricity. May be every machine and device would then be made to work with solar energy. Perhaps we will have to charge our machines in the sunlight first, to use them later in the day.
Fresh water, our basic necessity of life is also a problem today. The poor living in underprivileged localities have very little clean water to drink and use. In future, water would be limited for only the affluent. The poor will either find a way to live without the clean water or they will start utilizing the sea water for daily purposes. It is for sure that water prices are going to be very high.
The cars in 2050 will be made to run and work without patrol or gas and only rich will be able to afford them. The masses will return to using bicycles. People would sit at home to do office work to save money going to offices. Patrol would be a term like 'fossils'.
The prices of vegetables, meat, fruits would be very high. People would instead take energy and food tablets; one in breakfast, one for the lunch and one for the dinner. Only very rich people would be able to buy food, which by then, will all be made artificially. Crops would not grow in farms, as weather would be changed. Instead, it would be made artificially in crop industries. Similarly, clones of animals would be made for eating purposes.
The weather would be hot, beyond human to bear. So, people would stay at homes most of the time. All shopping would be done through smart phones. Children would be taught at homes with artificial intelligence devices. Books would not publish and only e-copies will be there.
That will be a time of advancement BUT, with more problems and issues then in any time in history. I was worrying about my morning and in future, these issues would be longed.
Things like flour and fruits would only be available in museums. That will be a time to worry about. Today, we use things without thinking about the future. Our children and perhaps we too, will see a time when basic necessities of life will not exist, or exist-too hard for people to have.
Therefore, it is very important for us to realize it. We complain about prices hike and load-shedding yet still use things in excess. We should save things. We should save electricity, water and everything for our future, because it will be us and our children who will suffer!
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