The Earth: One Tough Mother

I just finished watching "The Day the Earth Stood Still." I thought it would be a good thriller about aliens and such. Man was I wrong. I don't think I have ever seen such a tree-hugger, hippie, Sierra Club movie before. I know that Hollywood has been on a kick in the past few years making movies about saving the earth, but this one went above and beyond any effort in memory.

The original movie was an anti-war film about an alien sent to earth to persuade the human race to stop killing each other. That plot could actually be considered right of center compared to the recent version. The 2008 version had similar plot, but instead of an anti-war message, the alien messenger came to convince humans to stop killing the planet, decided that humans could not be persuaded, and resolved himself to wipe out the human population in order to save the planet which, "is not [ours]." It was your typical liberal message of: humans are the enemy to the planet, and the only way we can live in harmony with nature is to live like Thoreau and be hunter/gatherers again.

Yeah. Let's throw away a a few thousand years of technological advancements, clothe ourselves in leaves, and live in mud-huts. I get so frustrated listening to this B.S. Pardon my abbreviations, but there really is no better way to describe it. The "save the earth" cry has evolved from a moderate concern about pollution and excess waste to an all out anti-technological orgy. We are at the fittest creatures on this planet for a reason. Why? You ask. Because we have the ability to reason. This ability to reason gives us the ability to invent things and in turn, make our lives better. Technological advancements have lengthened the life expectancy of humans in many ways, not just in the medical field. Hey, hippie enviro-maniacs, get a freakin' grip on reality. If you want to live in your communes and be merry, go ahead. But leave us that live in modern society, and actually enjoy it, alone.

I keep hearing that we, the United States, are the largest consumers of energy in the world. To an environmentalist, this statistic is embarrasing. To me, this statistic is a badge of honor. This means that we have more "stuff" that sucks up the energy. Yay America! We have become the world's largets consumers because we can buy more things, afford more food, and own more cars. We are the richest nation in the world. Energy consumption is an indicator of national wealth, so I say, the more energy we consume, the better off we are.

The environmentalist will tell you that statistics such as this mean that we are the single largest detremental factor to the planet's welfare, and we should be ashamed of ourselves for killing Mother Earth. Well, in case you haven't noticed, the earth is one tough mother. This giant rock on which we live is not fragile. And Carbon Dioxide is not a pollutant. We breathe it out a few thousand times a day. Plants need it like we need oxygen. Who gives a flying ferret fart if fossil fuels emit CO2 when they are burned. This stuff isn't killing the planet any more than a man with a rock hammer could take down the entire Appalacian Mountain chain.

I can't put up with stupid. Please, people, use your brains. Those of you who have already been fleeced in this sham, think about it with a little bit of logic for a few minutes. Those of you who aren't sure about it, don't let a bunch of pseudo-scientists with agendas tell you what to believe, and especially don't let a bunch of interest groups and legislators convince you to forfeit your own ability to reason for yourself. I promise you, this entire scare is a tool that is being used as grounds for anti-technological legislative change. Don't buy into it.