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The earth has been around for 4.5 billion years and will be around long after humans are extinct. "Killing the earth" is really not what we're doing.
by bmmayer1 9y ago
The earth has been around for 4.5 billion years and will be around long after humans are extinct. "Killing the earth" is really not what we're doing.
- acjohnson55 9y agoI wouldn't be so sure. It's not implausible that we could effectively wipe out complex life by setting off feedback loops that progress faster than ecosystems evolve. Can we kill all life on the planet? Certainly not. But we could make the long-term carrying capacity for humans so low that we'd enter terminal decline. So maybe "killing the earth" isn't precisely true, but what's the difference if there's no one around to understand the distinction?
- tqkxzugoaupvwqr 9y agoSome people care about precise wording. Instead of saying we are killing Earth, saying we are making Earth inhospitable to us is a more accurate statement. And it is true statement while the former is false.