A deadpan delivery doesn't always translate too well in typed form, Majic. So maybe you were kidding, and maybe you weren't. But its pretty obvious that the end of "our current generation" is headed for disaster, regardless of what we do now. You realize an absurd amount of landloss occurs every year when the water rises, right? Not so noticeable if you're in texas, but the polynesian islands aren't as numerous as they were ten years ago.
You may be thinking, Pfft! Poly-whatnow? Who cares? and that would make you a bad person. But aside from that, more prominent cities and places (to the americans in the audience) aren't exactly safe from disaster. Goodbye, New york! Ciao florida! and I have no knowledge of french but goodbye is what they'll be screaming in new orleans. Australia is the island continent, and I don't know much about their geography, but I have a feeling raising water levels wouldn't be fantastic for them, either.
But this all beside the asteroid. With something like that, all I can think is: Do we really need this? Can't we finish our destruction on our own?
And on my final note, Humans are not now, nor were they ever "at war" with the earth. I'm not saying humans aren't responsible for destruction galore, but I am saying no human was ever born thinking it had the right to do whatever it wanted with the nearby resources, and that nothing else should have access save by that humans mercy. Society and Culture are to be blame. Tribal societys affected their environment temporarily (We are, as a species, resource-heavy) but lacked the desire to work hard enough to cause permanent damage. Later cultures did. End of story.
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