| In my previous article Yes Virginia There Is a Future I | | | | Only 2.8% of the Earth's water is available for human |
| noted there were four basic concerns or 'dooms' | | | | consumption. The average American uses between |
| related to our potential future: food, pollution, population, | | | | 140 to 160 gallons of water every day of the week. |
| and energy. In that article I presented possible solutions | | | | Not a pretty picture is it? Yet, there is hope. Today, |
| to the world's food crisis. With nearly 7 billion people | | | | right now, we have the technology to clean up the |
| living on this earth, pollution has become a challenge. | | | | pollutants in our water and air. The California |
| Seventy percent of our planet's surface is water: | | | | Department of Public health has reported that the |
| Streams, rivers, lakes and oceans. Unfortunately many | | | | cleanest water in the state is the outfall from the |
| of these have become polluted. | | | | sewage plant of Los Angeles County. At Lake Tahoe |
| The largest garbage dump in the world is not on land. | | | | much of the water is reclaimed. |
| Do you know where it is? The Pacific Ocean. The | | | | Filtering systems have been added to manufacturing |
| patch of garbage stretches from the coast of | | | | plants, to automobiles and trucks to lessen the air |
| California to Japan and it's estimated to be twice the | | | | pollutants. Clean energy is available. So why haven't |
| size of the state of Texas. In some areas of the | | | | we cleaned up the pollution? The answer may be |
| Pacific Ocean, this dump is estimated to be 90% | | | | below. |
| plastic and 90 feet deep. | | | | |