"You're basically anthropomorphizing, thinking that there just has to be a way for humans to screw this resource up because humans are just that icky and gross"

"You're basically anthropomorphizing, thinking that there just has to be a way for humans to screw this resource up because humans are just that icky and gross" I said nothing of the sort. You are, perhaps, confusing me with another poster. "There's no spacetime equivalent" Nonsense. The obvious example is emitted radiation, though any type of energy, matter or field byproduct might fit the bill.