Screw the planet save the humans,,,,

Mulderandscully · 06-07-2009, 06:52 PM

Here?s the trailer for a new series producer by the History channel entitled Life After People:

http://www.history.com/minisites/life_after_people

The show promises to be modestly interesting and features the work of several extraordinary artists and model makers (the bombed out cities, in particular, which are now being used to carry out the 21st century?s most epic Warhammer 40k campaigns, were probably constructed somewhere like this.), but the content of the show barely concerns me.

What does concern me, however, is a childhood chock full of Earth Days and Save the Planet rhetoric, which are deeply flawed in ways that I hope this show (and perhaps other cultural objects created in its spirit) will raise awareness about.

This rock has been here for?as far as we can tell?about 4.54 billion years. It?s been through some serious shit. Humanity and our trite smog and garbage don?t really compete with whatever the fuck knocked out the dinosaurs, or the formation of a breathable atmosphere, or a series of ice ages.

Earth will be just fine.

The real problem is that, if homo sapiens continue to live and produce as we do, this planet will be rendered uninhabitable to humans by the end of the century. It is my earnest hope (shared by many more scientifically advanced minds than my own) that technology will provide Christ-like salvation, either slowing and eventually stopping the environmental degradation that will be our demise, or simply terraforming Mars so we can all get the fuck off this piece and (hopefully) get shit right elsewhere.

kidflash2008 · 06-08-2009, 11:01 AM

The Earth can get along with us fine. We need her, and we have to treat her better. With all this doom and gloom from many sites and some left wing celebrity loonies (who still travel in their private jets to green events), people tend to forget we have come a long way.

In the 1970s, pollution was terrible and I do remember stories in the news about Lake Erie being on fire. Now they call CO2 pollution, even though plants need the gas to survive. I think the gloom industry needs something to thrive on, otherwise they have no means to get donations to keep them afloat.

Mulderandscully · 06-08-2009, 11:09 AM

now obama wants everyone to get white roofs and wants the state to paint all roads white lol not sure how thats going to work but we will see....

kidflash2008 · 06-08-2009, 11:18 AM

I have not heard that one. Can you put up the link to that one?

It sounds like something Ed Bagley Jr would say.

Mulderandscully · 06-08-2009, 11:42 AM

here ya go...

painting the world white

kidflash2008 · 06-08-2009, 11:47 AM

Thank you! That does not seem very smart during winter when the sun helps keep the energy bills down.

Mulderandscully · 06-08-2009, 12:32 PM

yea plus we think making the roads white would snow blind drivers,not to mention where is everyone getting this money to do their roofs??

06-07-2009, 06:52 PM	#1
Mulderandscully Investigator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: cherryville nc Posts: 237	Screw the planet save the humans,,,, Here?s the trailer for a new series producer by the History channel entitled Life After People: http://www.history.com/minisites/life_after_people The show promises to be modestly interesting and features the work of several extraordinary artists and model makers (the bombed out cities, in particular, which are now being used to carry out the 21st century?s most epic Warhammer 40k campaigns, were probably constructed somewhere like this.), but the content of the show barely concerns me. What does concern me, however, is a childhood chock full of Earth Days and Save the Planet rhetoric, which are deeply flawed in ways that I hope this show (and perhaps other cultural objects created in its spirit) will raise awareness about. This rock has been here for?as far as we can tell?about 4.54 billion years. It?s been through some serious shit. Humanity and our trite smog and garbage don?t really compete with whatever the fuck knocked out the dinosaurs, or the formation of a breathable atmosphere, or a series of ice ages. Earth will be just fine. The real problem is that, if homo sapiens continue to live and produce as we do, this planet will be rendered uninhabitable to humans by the end of the century. It is my earnest hope (shared by many more scientifically advanced minds than my own) that technology will provide Christ-like salvation, either slowing and eventually stopping the environmental degradation that will be our demise, or simply terraforming Mars so we can all get the fuck off this piece and (hopefully) get shit right elsewhere. __________________

06-08-2009, 11:09 AM	#3
Mulderandscully Investigator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: cherryville nc Posts: 237	now obama wants everyone to get white roofs and wants the state to paint all roads white lol not sure how thats going to work but we will see.... __________________

06-08-2009, 11:42 AM	#5
Mulderandscully Investigator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: cherryville nc Posts: 237	here ya go... painting the world white __________________

06-08-2009, 12:32 PM	#7
Mulderandscully Investigator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: cherryville nc Posts: 237	yea plus we think making the roads white would snow blind drivers,not to mention where is everyone getting this money to do their roofs?? __________________

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06-08-2009, 11:01 AM	#2
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,726	The Earth can get along with us fine. We need her, and we have to treat her better. With all this doom and gloom from many sites and some left wing celebrity loonies (who still travel in their private jets to green events), people tend to forget we have come a long way. In the 1970s, pollution was terrible and I do remember stories in the news about Lake Erie being on fire. Now they call CO2 pollution, even though plants need the gas to survive. I think the gloom industry needs something to thrive on, otherwise they have no means to get donations to keep them afloat.

06-08-2009, 11:18 AM	#4
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,726	I have not heard that one. Can you put up the link to that one? It sounds like something Ed Bagley Jr would say.

06-08-2009, 11:47 AM	#6
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,726	Thank you! That does not seem very smart during winter when the sun helps keep the energy bills down.