I watched the pilot episode of Firefly, and I loved it. It was intense, action filled, interesting, funny and extremely entertaining. What I would like to focus on is how the main characters were forced to move away from earth, and also that America and China combined to form the Alliance, which the main characters are running from. It’s interesting that in the year 2517, people have moved completely away from earth because the “Earth-that-was” could not sustain the human population because there were too many humans. This is a very common theme in sci-fi because sci-fi likes to disguise warnings to humanity with an exciting or visually pleasing picture.
This is a warning to people in present day because the future looks unfriendly and scary. I think that everyone needs to be more conscientious about the waste we are producing and the carbon we are leaving because humans are taking over the earth and doing irreversible damage. The first step in conserving the earth is reduce. By buying only what we need, we could make a big difference. If everyone was to consume lower on the food chain, like fruits, vegetables, we could also reduce the amount of energy we use because you don’t need to cook as much. Reuse is another way to conserve because reusing items such as water bottles and bringing your own coffee mugs to the coffee shops will greatly reduce the amount the amount of energy used to produce plastic bottles and disposable cups. Recycle is the last step in helping the earth. After using the unavoidable disposable items, recycling if possible will help so that the items aren’t dumped into a landfill to decompose, releasing unwanted gases into the atmosphere. Overall, humans everywhere need to understand that making a difference is easier than you would think and that action needs to be taken in order to avoid a future similar to the scenario in Firefly.
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