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The documentary split into three major environmentally detrimental cases in three different locations. The essence, however, remained constant and was about how the change in climatic conditions have anthropogenic roots and will ultimately lead to an inevitable doom if not acted upon now. The first expert whose opinions we hear in the documentary about the severity of the situation is Laura Iraci who is a NASA scientist and she states how the world is surely to come to an end if we are to continue as we are now. The first place that is shown is Plainview in Texas. It shows the Cargill plant shut down and how many people who were previously employed there have lost their jobs and have had to move. All of these occurred due to the drought three years ago. Without water, there was no cattle and hence, no meat packet producers. The focus then shifts to a concept of science versus faith. In simpler words, as Don Cheadle says in the documentary, people in Texas viewed droughts as an act of god while developed areas recognise this through science and know that droughts aren’t acts of god but are contrastingly, acts of human. The scene then shifts to unclear videos of people running and screaming and blasts and this is Syria. They show a person explaining the stopping of a river due to the massive droughts in Syria. A revolution against this was also mentioned. From there, the documentary shifts to the NASA centre where the repercussions of deforestations and how soon the earth will change if the rate continues is shown. It shows, then, that Indonesian is worst of when it comes to deforestation and all illegally too. The trees are cut and burned down in Indonesia primarily for the production of palm oil and paper. The country grows millions if trees and burns them down only to replant the same trees again. Palm oil is essential and used in almost all kinds of grocery products which is why such a huge amount is required and hence, produced. The natural forests in Indonesia were cut down to accommodate this. Moving back the first case of Texas where the drought led to many lives dismantled, it was unbearable to hear the people be so ignorant about obvious matters like climate change. People considered it to be God’s act. They believed that if God placed the drought then he will take it away. Although, Katherine, a scientist who has faith in god and is a scientist cleared facts about it and proposed a different solution that was more acceptable. While she didn’t deny that god is the creator and is in fact responsible of nature, she changed base and said that god has also given all humans brains for some reason. And if we do not recognise what it is that us humans have done to the earth, then there is no way that any change can be brought about. As the Syrian side is shown again, a man is interviewed as to how the drought has affected him and his fellows and he spoke about many political issues that the drought has given rise to. It was quite tragic when he said that he had to turn to smuggling to earn some money for he used to be a cotton farmer before the drought. When he said, “Starving makes you do anything”, you start to realise how humanity is being compromised along with the environment. In conclusion, there is not only a debate of faith versus science in scenarios of environmental degradation but there is also the case of political instability that has risen as a result of the droughts in citysides especially for they are the ones that have hardly anything left to lose. I can clearly depict a connection between the lower class of the community and the impact on them and how it is higher than the impact on the upper-class people.