This book is about information.
Our Planet Earth is on a disaster collision course. We are destroying, contaminating and over-using our natural resources. Polluting and overfishing the oceans. Our agricultural policies are driving animals, insects, plants and birds to extinction. We are even killing ourselves by polluting the very air that we breathe.
Montreal-Kyoto-Paris-Madrid Conferences that come and go where most of the world’s governments agree to implement modest measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The reality is, that today, global warming is increasing at an accelerating rate. Each of the following chapters contain information that is not normally available to most readers. This is essential reading to enable us to fully understand the present situation and to be better prepared for the future.
Each chapter is divided into two parts.
Part One:
Where the present situation of each issue is described. The information is based on expert and scientific opinion on each topic.
Part One:
Where the present situation of each issue is described. The information is based on expert and scientific opinion on each topic.
Part Two:
This section contains the author’s description of possible future scenarios based on the information included in the chapter’s first part.
Part Two:
This section contains the author’s description of possible future scenarios based on the information included in the chapter’s first part.
The State of the Planet Earth in 2045
The State of the Planet Earth in 2045
The State of the Planet Earth in 2045
This is the last chapter. It is a collection of predictions, describing some possible scenarios for our world in 2045.
Chapters
Following are some sub-titles for articles included in each of the nine chapters
CHAPTER ONE
The Global Drinking Water Situation
First part
Cape Town – Sao Paulo – Beijing – Cairo – London – Chennai – Groundwater – California – Orgalla. Mexico City. India. Tap Water. Bottled Water. Desalinated Water. Fracking.
Second part
The 2032 Kansas Groundwater Failure – The 2035 US Agricultural Export Ban – Mexico City Disaster 2038-Indian Groundwater Dry – up 2037- Bottled Water 2040 – Missouri River Pipelines 2042
CHAPTER TWO
Greenhouse Gasses.
What they are, what their Sources are and their global Effect
First part
Carbon Dioxide CO2 – Coal Mining Industry – Building Bricks-The Cement Industry – German Coal Industry – Motor Vehicles-Aircraft – Ships – Methane CH4 – Natural Gas Leakage – Nitrous Oxide N2O – Flourinated CFC Gasses – Global Warming Potential Index – Artic vortex.
Second part
Portugal 2030, European Citizens First movement.
Hurricane Jonas’s destruction of New York City, 2039.
CHAPTER THREE
Global Warming, melting Ice and Sea Level rise
First part
Ocean Warming – Arctic Ice – Greenland – Antarctica – Glaciers – Himalayas – Gangotri Glacier – Quelccaya Ice Cap – Iceland’s Okjokcull Glacier – Microplastic Ice Pollution – Bacteria living in Ice
Second part
United Nations 2035. Sea Level Conference – Big Greenland Meltdown 2039/40 – United Nations 2040 – Sea Level Rise
CHAPTER FOUR
The Plastic Situation
First part
History – non – biodegradable – types of plastic – PET – HDPE – Microplastics – PVC – Plastic Bottles in the Ocean – Pacific Ocean Lifestyles – Ocean Garbage Patches – Diapers – Mediterranean Sea – Microplastics – PVC – Plastic Content in Children.
Second part
Plastic Bottles 2031 – Ocean Garbage Patches 2035 – Medical Journal Report 2040
CHAPTER FIVE
Deforestation, Destruction of habitat
First part
Mass Extinction of Wildlife-Indonesia – Palm Oil – Amazon Region – Cotton – Chopsticks – Plant, Tree, Bird and Insect Extinction – Herbicide Resistant Weeds – Global Soil Erosion – Food Diversity.
Second part
Asian Rice Famine 2036/38 – Insects 2035 – Global Beef Consumption 2038.
CHAPTER SIX
Air, Land, River and Ocean Pollution
First part
Destruction of Marine Life – Overfishing – Lost Containers – Cigarette Butts – Polluted rivers – Ganges – Citarum – Matanza Riachuuelo – Mississippi – Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone – Air Pollution – Urban air Pollution – Sparrows
Second part
Japanese Fisherman 2031 – Ocean Pollution 2031
CHAPTER SEVEN
Out of Control Global Consumption
First part
Earth Overshoot Day – Self – Storage-The Fashion Industry – International Tourism – Planned Obsolescence – Food and Drink – Food Wastage – Pets – Consumerism feeds on Itself
Second part
United Nations Conference on Consumer Spending, Moscow 2032 – United Nations Conference, Beijing 2033 – United Nations Conference, Nairobi 2034 – Labelling
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Global Unemployment Crisis
First part
War, Pandemics and Immigration – Retail Banking-AI Financial Transactions – Self -drive Vehicles – Artificial Intelligence AI – Spanish Meat packing Plant – Robots – Global Coal Mining – Global fishing Industry
Second part
Betty Sue Johnson, Wisconsin 2032-Transport Sector 2030 – Flight Magazine 2032 – Container Sizes 2041 – Transport Control Centre 2035 – Domestic Servants – Clean-up Gangs – Automated McDonalds – Taxation
CHAPTER NINE
The State of the Planet Earth in 2045
Extreme Weather – Global Warming opens – up uninhabited Regions – Global CO2 Index – Melting Glaciers affect River Volumes – Sea Level Rise – Ocean Garbage Patches – Mediterranean Sea – Holidays and Tourism – Chopsticks – Unemployment – Survival Consumption – Future Prospects – Covid-19
About us
Alan Michael Rogers
Born in Caracas, Venezuela 1975. All his life he has been a person driven by curiosity and creativity. He worked for many years in a pharmaceutical laboratory in the marketing and sales departments. Last 12 years living in Madrid, Spain and has been involved in several ecological projects such as The EcoBotellas Project and BotBrik, looking for a solution for the single-use plastic bottle environmental problem. Has patented several inventions. He loves writing short stories and quotes. Won a writing award at university. His other hobbies are reading, gardening and collecting quotes. He currently works teaching executives English. He truly believes in making a better world.
Alan Charles Rogers
Born in Manchester where he graduated as a Mechanical/ Production Engineer. He is creative and a problem solver. Worked for 3 years a tourist travel guide in European German speaking countries. Spent winters in Berlin and Vienna. Hitch-hiked from Manchester to Cape Town. One year working in Zambia. One year in Rio de Janeiro. More than 30 years in Venezuela. Was owner of a printing company and several other businesses. Past 12 years living in Madrid. Mineral water production experience in Spain. Has patented several inventions connected to plastic bottles to make them more environmentally friendly.
