Carbon’s Legacy: A Journey through Space and Time
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
The year is 2100. Nuclear fusion has been controlled and is now being utilized to power every household and industry on the planet. Sam is a student who wants to go to Mars. But the eligibility criteria is to get good grades in chemistry. throughout his studies. He was very confident until today.
Sam stared at the prediction on his smart glasses, his heart sinking. ChatGPT Version 20 had never been wrong before, but it was predicting that he would fail the chemistry test, jeopardizing his dreams of going to Mars. As he pondered his predicament, he couldn't help but feel frustrated that his future hinged on his performance in a subject in which he had never been particularly interested. But then an idea struck him.
Time travel is now possible. The speed of light has been achieved and now people can time travel anywhere in the world at any point of time. However, time-travel requires a carbonbased product which has been in useg for more than 100 years.
Sam thought of his grandfather, who had recently passed away from a Netflix binge gone wrong. His grandfather had been a hoarder of useless things, and Sam recalled that his grandfather had kept a pencil
Pencils, once ubiquitous, had become extinct due to the rise of digitalization. But this pencil, made of pure carbon, could be his ticket to passing the chemistry test and achieving his dream of traveling to Mars.
Sam rushed to his grandfather's old study, which had been preserved as a memorial to the eccentric old man. He rummaged through the cluttered shelves until he found the pencil, carefully preserved in a glass case. He marveled at the simplicity of the object, a testament to the enduring properties of carbon. With the precious pencil in hand, Sam headed to C-12, the company that offered time travel services. He presented the pencil as his carbon-based product, earning him the 10,000 tokens he needed for time travel.
Sam eagerly embarked on his journey into the future, determined to change the outcome of his chemistry test. As he arrived in the future, Sam was filled with a sense of awe and wonder. He marveled at the futuristic technologies that surrounded him, powered by controlled nuclear fusion and harnessing the power of carbon-based products. He was struck by the realization that carbon, the very element that had been the bane of his existence in chemistry class, was also the key to unlocking the wonders of time travel and futuristic technologies.
After returning to his present time, Sam realized that his journey to the future wasn't just about gathering knowledge, but also about gaining insight into the potential applications of carbon-based technologies. He had witnessed first-hand how carbon played a crucial role in