A little bit of Douglas Adams in there. We say we need to control global warming to "save the earth". Save it for what? Well us of course. But nature doesn't

A little bit of Douglas Adams in there. We say we need to control global warming to "save the earth". Save it for what? Well us of course. But nature doesn't think or plan. There's no grand design. It's just as valid to assume our rabid desire for the latest iThing is merely the ant crawling to the top of the blade of grass. We were just the necessary step to get the earth hotter for the next phase in microbe and insect development. We are not the finished product, we're just the heater.