"Soylent Green"

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This paper explains that man-made global warming, homelessness, globalization, toxic waste, waterway pollution, and population growth, if left unchanged, can lead to a world where 'Soylent Green' may be the world's new food staple. The author points out that the main culprits of global warming are carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels; methane gas, which has more than doubled in concentration over the past three centuries as the result of cultivating rice, raising livestock and exploring for oil; and nitrous oxide, a byproduct of burning fossil fuels and producing nylon and fertilizer. The paper stresses that globalization may prove to be the biggest culprit in making Fleischer's world a reality because, as more companies resort to subcontract, part-time, and temporary work, job insecurity is at an all-time high, forcing many to work at below subsistence, minimum wage and more hours than they did thirty years ago; moreover, the retirement age is reaching nearly seventy years old as employers no longer provide pension plans.

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"The population of New York City is 40,000,000. The middle class is non-existent. Water is rationed, and only the rich can afford real food while the rest of the population eats Soylent products. People only venture outside at night because of high temperatures due to global warming. The oceans are dead, the land is dead, animal life has disappeared. Basically, corporate greed has destroyed any semblance of culture and civilized society. The world in 2022 may not be exactly like Fleischer's portrayal, but it does show signs of veering in that direction."

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