Email #37: Why the Future Will Be Just Fine (9/9/16)

You know that I feel things are insane and going in the wrong direction. We have a ridiculous political situation, unbalanced economy, decaying environment, too much hunger, too much poverty…etc. These beliefs are what led to my creation of Areena.

I’ve always felt, though, that things will improve dramatically and quickly because the younger generation will not – cannot – allow the craziness to continue. I don’t for one second believe all the brilliant people working in the technology world will live and raise their families in a world that’s overheating, with ocean levels rising, and not enough clean water.

Let me share two example of why I’m right and why we all should be encouraged.

Jia Zhu, of Nanjing University, created a thin metal sheet for the surface of a body of water, capable of absorbing sunlight. It then uses that energy to generate steam. That steam then condenses into clean water. It can desalinate seawater; it can treat polluted water; eventually the steam can produce power.

Kelly Sanders, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California, developed new methods to analyze the relationship of water and energy, which is critical. Why? Because our electrical output is on the rise and our fresh water supply is on the decline. It takes 40% of all fresh water drawn from reservoirs and rivers in the U.S. to produce that output.

These are amazing, young people. They are not concerned with driver-less cars and the iPhone 7. They are concerned with ensuring there’s an earth on which those cars and coming generations of iPhones can exist. These are the people who will clean up our mess. (Though it would be nice if we’d stop making a mess for them to clean up.)

Art Gurwitz
Founder, Areena
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