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This is the year 2050. I have just turned 50, but my appearance is of
somebody of 85. I suffer from serious kidney problems, because I do not drink enough water.
I know i don't have much time left to live, and I don't want to....
I am one of the oldest people in this society.

I remember when I was a child of 5, everything was very different then.
There were lots of trees in the parks, houses with beautiful gardens and I
could enjoy having a shower for half an hour.
Nowadays, we use towels with mineral oil to clean our skin.
Before, women had beautiful hair.Now, we have to shave our heads to keep them clean without the use of water.
Then, my father washed his car with water coming out of a hosepipe.
Now, my son does not believe that water could be wasted that way.

I remember there were SAVE WATER warnings on outside posters, radio and TV,
but nobody paid attention. We thought that water was to last forever.
Now, all the rivers, lakes, dams and underground water beds are either dry
or contaminated.


Industry came virtually to a standstill and unemployment reached dramatic
proportions. Desalination plants are the main source of employment and workers receive
part of their salary in drinkable water.
Assaults at gun point on the streets for a jerry can of water are very
common.

Food is 80% synthetic. because use of water for agriculture is
unimaginable, now.

Before, the recommended quantity of water to drink for an adult was 8
glasses a day.
Nowadays, I am only allowed half a glass.

We now have to wear disposable clothing, and this increases the amount of
litter.

We are using now septic tanks, because the sewerage system does not work
for lack of water.

The outside appearance of the population is horrible wrinkled, emaciated
bodies, due to dehydration, full of sores caused by ultra violet radiation,
now stronger without the protective shield of the ozone layer.
Skin cancer, gastrointestinal infections and infections of the urinary
tracts are the main causes of death.
Due to the excessive drying of the skin, young people of 20 look like 40.
Scientists investigate, but there's no solution to the problem.

Water cannot be produced, oxygen is also degraded due to the lack of trees
and vegetation, and the intellectual capacity of the new generations is
severely impaired.

The morphology of spermatozoa in many men has changed.
As a consequence, babies are born with deficiencies, mutations and physical
deformities.

Government makes us pay for the air we breathe, 137 m3 per day per adult
person.

People who cannot pay are expelled from the "ventilated zones", with huge
mechanical lungs driven by solar power. The air is not of good quality, but
at least people can breathe.

The average life expectancy is 35 years.

In some countries, where there are still some green zones crossed by
rivers, these are guarded by heavy armed soldiers.

Water has become a very coveted treasure, more precious than gold and diamonds.

Where I live, there are no trees, because it seldom rains. When it happens
to register some precipitation, it is of acid rain.

The seasons have been severely affected by the atomic tests and by
contamination from the 20th century polluting industries.
We were warned to look after the environment, but nobody cared.

When my son asks me to talk about my youth, I tell him about the green
fields, the beauty of the flowers, the rain, how pleasant was to swim and
fish in the rivers and dams, to drink all the water we could, and how
healthy people were..
And when he asks: Daddy......! Why there is no water?, I feel a lump in my throat!!
I cannot help feeling guilty, because I belong to the generation who
contributed to the destruction of the environment or simply did not take
into account all the warning signs.
Now our children pay a very high price!

How I would like to go back and make mankind understand.............that we still had time to save our Planet Earth!!


This is an extract from a speech by one of the most eminent personality
of the world , Indian President Scientist Mr. A P J Abdul Kalam.

My dear friends.........
You might have understood the importance of this mail..

Things have already reached a critical situation.. And we are already in a
never returning journey...so please....
make this campaign a success. by avoiding exploitation of nature.

And Save our planet.... the planet we call 'HOME'


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