> save the environment The environment we live in, BTW. The planet itself will be fine: it has been smacked more than once with asteroids and is still here.

> save the environment The environment we live in, BTW. The planet itself will be fine: it has been smacked more than once with asteroids and is still here. What we're talking about is preserving the climatic conditions that human civilization can comfortably live in. "Saving the environment" is about saving ourselves.