7 Billion People, 1 Planet

Okay, so a longer post then normal, but I'm actually on the web this time, instead of my little blogger addon. Which, though helpful, doesn't quite mesh with my, at times, somewhat long winded mentality.

I was on Yahoo! reading about (yet again) disappearing ice caps (shock and surprise! gasp! -not.) when I decided to comment. And, as I'm sure any Yahoo! explorers know- there are a few idiots who like to comment. Some people may consider me one of them, for all I know, though I would hope otherwise.

So, basically I said to the world: even if the environment goes through natural cycles (which we all know it does) there *are* 7 billion people on the planet, most of whom (the very, very grand majority) are doing negative impacts. You bike instead of drive? Good for you, but you still need to mine the materials for the bike, put it through a processing plant, paint it, use rubber for the seats and handles, blah blah blah. Run isntead of bike? Woo for you! But then, think of all the materials that go into your shoes too.

So yeah, even the most environmentally friendly person is, in some way, doing something wrong. If you're not living in a cave, naked, eating rabbits and deer that you caught with your own bare hands, your not a truly earth-lovin' person.

So yeah- 7 billion people on the planet, each making a negative impact; natural cycle or not, there is no way in ever loving hell that the planet is just completly ignoring the fact that we're here. We're here, we know it, she knows it, and she is being affected.

In summery, this is the qoute of what I posted on Yahoo! "Do you honestly believe that with nerly 7 billion people on the planet, we're *not* making a negative impact? It's kind of hard to ignore that many ppl, and all their pollutants."

At which point this moron on Yahoo! says, to qoute, "So, jeanniewood, what have YOU done to reduce your 'carbon footprint' (laugh!)? Sold your car, stopped wasting electricity just surfing the web, have you been sterilized so you don't add to those 7 billion people? Remember, you science drop-out, that CO2 isn't pollution. Clearly you've been brainwashed by the Greenies."

Does anyone, anywhere, see my use of the word CO2? Does anyone, anywhere, see me saying that I'm not just as problamatic as anyone else? Seriously, moron needs to get a freakin brain and realize that I'm not blaming any particular person- I'm stating the fact that we're bitchin' up the planet.

But, shrugs or whatnot, I suppose. Whatever animal manages to get through what we've done to planet is the next biggie, I guess. Probably alligators and crocks. And sharks. They've been around for a plenty long time already. The planet will certainly change in major ways, and it may be the end for *us*, but that doesn't mean its the end for everyone.

As a sidenote, the guy who made himself look like an idiot on Yahoo! was named todmtodm. I really hope he gets stuck in his garage with the car on. Seriously. He needs to realize that he doesn't actually understand what's going on- maybe feeling like what the planet must for a while will help. Suffactate in CO2 guy. Seriously.

/// And as a sidenote: I don't drive (I cant afford gas prices and do school and morgage at the same time), I didn't fail my science courses, and while CO2 might not be a pollutant (yes, its a natural biproduct of nature) the obscene amounts we pump into the air isn't doing anybody favours. Too much of anything *is* a bad thing. And the 'Greenies' as he so callaously called them, are at least putting in an attempt to postpone the result, unlike some people.