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**asharbiq** · 06-25-2009, 07:43 PM

There's no difference in how much we eff up this planet and it will survive. The earth has been here for over 4 Billion years, I hardly think humans can mess it up so much that nature wont be able to take it back once we are gone.

I think that's under-estimating the power of humans. As far as historical references for "things getting back to normal", we have no precedent to base that on, we don't have a reference for the entire history of a similar species (we, humans, are unique). There are however many examples of humans irreversibly damaging elements of the planet, extinction being the prime example. I believe we do have the power to destroy it, and that power will increase as the volume of humans on Earth also increases.

06-25-2009, 07:43 PM	#17
asharbiq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 558 Senior Member	There's no difference in how much we eff up this planet and it will survive. The earth has been here for over 4 Billion years, I hardly think humans can mess it up so much that nature wont be able to take it back once we are gone. I think that's under-estimating the power of humans. As far as historical references for "things getting back to normal", we have no precedent to base that on, we don't have a reference for the entire history of a similar species (we, humans, are unique). There are however many examples of humans irreversibly damaging elements of the planet, extinction being the prime example. I believe we do have the power to destroy it, and that power will increase as the volume of humans on Earth also increases.
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