Saving the earth or saving our own habitat?

Question

I think all this save the earth is stupid. The earth was around for a long time without us and will get along just fine no matter what we do.

Seems to me what needs saving is the current situation which us humans have become acustomed to. Changes to that wont hurt the earth but will hurt us.

Answer 1

If we save the earth then we automatically is saving our habitat they both complement each other.

Answer 2

you are so right i feel the same way!!!! Saving the earth is so stupid...

Answer 3

You are exactly correct. Obviously all life could end but the planet would go on. People who say "save the Earth" really mean "keep it like it is so people can live in comfort on it". Some extremists are advocating the voluntary extinction of humanity by asking all people to stop having children as a way to make the human race die out and "cleanse" the planet. See the source. Many other people here in the environment forum are constantly calling humanity the most vile scourge on the planet which Earth would be better off without. Such statements are self contradictory since the real goal is to keep Earth in a state that people prefer, and doing that by means of getting rid of all people is just NUTS!

Answer 4

thats true, i mean no u cant physically hurt the earth with garbage or w/e, you will only hurt the animals and everything living on it. the earth is a giant ball of magma with rock and dirt, doesnt sound to weak to me. but still yeah u should protect at least yourself and the defenseless animals of the planet!

Give a hoot! dont polute!!!

Answer 5

Seriously? Do you honestly think all this save the earth stuff is stupid? So your completely ok with animals dieing, the ozone layer fading away and global warming? the earth got along fine withouit us because modern technology wasn't invented yet. Because of our cars and all the other stuff that we use, THATS why the earth is STARTING to be destroyed now. I don't get what you mean by the current situation that we are accustumed to though....

Answer 6

i said both because are habitat is very to live in and we need to keep it clean. Save the Earth because it getting bad by Global Warming and we don't need the next generation to do bad examples for this great Country of are.

Answer 7

It is the same thing is it not, thereby creating a paradox kind of a damned if you don't scenario.

Answer 8

In a way you are correct, there is the old George Carlin joke.

"Some people today worry about a giant meteor striking the planet, 'The planet will be destroyed they say'.... Baloney., the Earth is a planet, and has been going around the sun for some time now, hit by many meteors, comets and stuff.

So don't worry, the PLANET will be just fine, continuing along in it's orbit.... The people are f*cked...but the planet will be just fine. "

It's like that, crime, pollution, global warming, really don't affect the "planet" as such, - although some forms of pollution may permanently alter some environments (such as highly radioactive material storage etc or destroy mega-ecosystems (giant reef corals or some such).

The thing I think I find somewhat compelling is NOT - oh we must save the earth because of X, but rather what sort of world do we leave our children, a world denuded of natural systems, an vast ocean system , systematically emptied in less than 60 years.

We some of this destruction is unavoidable, other aspects - not so much. Even were we to choose very wisely, we would still face serious problems as there are just too many people.

Answer 9

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no.   I am guessing you are trying to get a reaction from people, because that is the most asinine thing I have ever heard regarding the environment.   Radiation is bad....mmkay?   The atmosphere that we are destroying keeps out  a lot of stuff that would kill every living thing on the planet.

*If a large enough meteor hit the Earth, we would all be dead, the Earth as a rock would still exist, but the cloud of debris from the impact would be carried into the atmosphere and block out sunlight*

Answer 10

The Earth will be fine, it's us we need to save - or do we?

Answer 11

It is for saving the earth and our habitat.