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Off Topic => General Off Topic => Topic started by: CrazyCracka420 on April 22, 2013, 10:13:52 pm

Title: Happy Earth Day
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on April 22, 2013, 10:13:52 pm

The planet will be fine, people are fucked though.
Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: Kafein on April 22, 2013, 10:35:15 pm
What's the point of having a Earth day ? Maybe a hundred people people visited the moon now. Makes as much sense as Human day or Sky day.
Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on April 22, 2013, 10:43:23 pm
I think the point of Earth day is to provide information/awareness/action to "save the planet" (aka reduce pollution and the human footprint we're leaving).  It should really be called "save the human race day", because the Earth is just fine.
Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: Havoco on April 22, 2013, 11:24:34 pm
Happy what day?
Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: Son Of Odin on April 23, 2013, 12:29:57 am
Happy human arrogance day!

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Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: zagibu on April 23, 2013, 02:21:33 am
I think the point of Earth day is to provide information/awareness/action to "save the planet" (aka reduce pollution and the human footprint we're leaving).  It should really be called "save the human race day", because the Earth is just fine.

People don't destroy the planet because they are unaware of the damage they do.

Also, Earth is not just fine. What is earth? It is the blue planet. But a severe atmosphere transformation is possible and it could change this. Sure, the planet would remain, but it could become inhospitable for any advanced life and change appearance completely. Basically become the younger sister of Venus, where no liquid water exists anymore and temperature is uniform around the globe because of the thick isolating atmosphere.
Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: Kafein on April 23, 2013, 11:51:15 am
People don't destroy the planet because they are unaware of the damage they do.

Also, Earth is not just fine. What is earth? It is the blue planet. But a severe atmosphere transformation is possible and it could change this. Sure, the planet would remain, but it could become inhospitable for any advanced life and change appearance completely. Basically become the younger sister of Venus, where no liquid water exists anymore and temperature is uniform around the globe because of the thick isolating atmosphere.

Venus is still pretty damn fine as a planet.
Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: zagibu on April 23, 2013, 01:44:16 pm
Venus is still pretty damn fine as a planet.

Not really. You do like xkcd, don't you: http://what-if.xkcd.com/30/
Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: Kafein on April 23, 2013, 05:26:34 pm
Not really. You do like xkcd, don't you: http://what-if.xkcd.com/30/

So what ? I don't see Venus being hit by an asteroid in the near future. I didn't mean fine for humans.
Title: Re: Happy Earth Day
Post by: zagibu on April 23, 2013, 10:12:05 pm
Too edgy for me, sorry. What about space, is space fine, too? That background quantum fluctuation is quite alright I think! Cheerio, Chap.