Choose now.

Option 1

It’s the year 2030, and a new world order has emerged from the ashes of the
old economy. Wars rage over water, now the new oil, over food, fuel, land
and fishing rights. Battles start daily between competing nations in oceans
aroung the world, over the days catch. Sea levels have risen over 2 metres
in the last twenty years, and the sea is yielding less fish as it becomes
flooded with fresh water. The developing world is sliding violently back
into a brutal past, and development goals are forgotten as previously
developed nations attempt to collect debt repayments. Developed nations
return to their distant agrarian past, and milk maid is now a great job
opportunity. The Chinese Liberation Army polices the world, and in an about
face the Americans cut off contact with the outside world, allowing no trade
or tourism. Self reliance is their new motto, and the world be damned. The
idea of a lifestyle, and the trappings of wealth and priviledege are foreign
concepts and survival is all that is taught. Old documents are studied with
great interest as students try to understand the old days, of self interest,
and personal goals and human rights. Only the survival of the collective
matters now. The idea of the freedom of personal transport escapes this new
generation, why would you want to go any where on your own, what about the
dangers? Besides what are roads?

Option 2

It’s the year 2030, and the planet blooms. After a successful Earth Hour in
2010, the nations of the world decided to work together for the good of the
planet and all humanity. Urgent measures are immediately understaken to
reverse global warming and ensure the survival of the planet. No longer
treated as the rubbish bin of humanity, the planet revives, and renews
itself. Record crops are harvested in Africa, now a green and lush
continent. Fish stocks, given a chance to renew are abundant. A resolution
is passed by the UN, that no one will starve or be subject to violence or
terror, that politicians work for the people and are there to serve them.
Politics is now seen as a calling and an honour to serve humanity, not as a
licence to steal from the people. The world runs on pollution free vehicles
and global warming is now a scary story to tell naughty children. Little
cars do just fine and with a top speed of 100km, there are so few accidents,
that insurance is not essential.  The old documents are studied with
interest as students try to understand why bigger was thought to be better
and why overconsumption of resources was seen as a virtue. Spending money to
show your status and proving that you have arrived by the size of your car
is a difficult concept and they debate it endlessly in fields of sunflowers,
overshadowed by the wind farms that power the planet.
Choose.