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It didn’t take long after the snow had melted for people
start pouring in. They said that this
area would be fertile and produce enough to feed the world.
In the beginning it was enough to have your farm’s
geographical boundaries stored in the central database. But as the deluge of people continued, those markings
counted for nothing. The squatters resorting
to brutal intimidation to claim more land and that’s when the electric fences
became more popular.
But when the harvests failed, the land was abandoned
again. Melting the polar caps with
nuclear missiles was probably not the best idea.
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers. Word count:100
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Not a smart idea at all, and yet I wouldn't put it passed someone to suggest it...
ReplyDeleteThe guy who wants to build a wall might have a crack at it ;-)
DeleteA nutty idea obviously. But there are those who think giant reflectors in space, or massive algal blooms to soak up carbon dioxide might be a good idea
ReplyDeleteNah! How about moving the Earth further away from the sun, with an explosion equivalent to five thousand million million hydrogen bombs. ;-)
DeleteNot a good idea at all.
ReplyDeletehttps://ideasolsi65.blogspot.com/2019/05/barbed-fence.html
Maybe just stick to the giant, space-based sunshade :-)
DeleteIt seemed a good idea at the time - how often have we said that?
ReplyDelete'Retribution', my short story.
Far too often I think. They do say that by far the easiest – and cheapest – option would be to emulate a natural disaster. :-0
DeleteMankind continually has such "great" ideas.
ReplyDeleteNo shortage of 'ideas' except most are not very practical. Except the ones that want us to reduce waste and consumption. Nah! Too hard.
DeleteMelting the polar ice caps? Yeah, sheer genius. But for some, it's more important to win than to find a resolution.
ReplyDeleteTrue, for some the ends justify the means, not that people might not be around to celebrate.
DeleteDear Subroto,
ReplyDeleteMay it never be so. At least the bodies might fertilize the soil. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Urp! I hate to think about the ear of corn in that case.
DeleteVery difficult to reverse, nuking the ice caps. Sounds like an act of desperation based on some iffy science which didn't quite work out...
ReplyDeleteTrue that. One can't 'unnuke' such an act! But if they could think about consequences they would never build such stuff anyway.
DeleteWow. That had to be one of the worst ideas ever. Good story with great descriptions, Subroto.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzanne. Somebody did think about building a 2,000 km-wide glass shield to be installed in an area of outer space that’s balanced between the gravity of the Earth and the Sun.
DeleteYour story captures the way desperation quickly strips the veneer of civilisation from us. There's an awful lot of substance in your 100 words - well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Penny I am glad you got that. That was basically what I was aiming to convey.
DeleteNope... a very bad idea... but if you believe that melting polar ice is good because of new routes for ships this could be a real possibility.
ReplyDeleteThat is another possibility we could be faced with. Thanks for your comments Björn.
DeleteThis could very well be a future we are looking at. Good story.
ReplyDeleteIt could be indeed. Thanks for your comments Jade.
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