Strangely, before 2020, most americans actually believed that a sudden and drastic overhaul of the economy in order to combat a global crisis was impossible. As a middle school environmental history teacher in 2060, my students are frequently shocked to hear that before the 2K2Ds, American and other nations dragged their feet on combating climate change for over 70 years since the Keeling Curve was discovered. I admit, looking back on my own youth in that period, I am a little surprised that I wasn't more shocked at the time. Sitting in my balcony garden, overlooking the downtown windfarm, it is a bit bemusing that Americans once thought a future like this was so impossible. I try to explain to my students that it is hard to understand, living in modern America, the kind of hold that Oil Barons held over the country for most of the 20th century. Thinking back on the pandemic though, it gladdens my heart to realize that even these kids, who didn't grow up under the quarentine, still don't take nature for granted.

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