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Don’t panic: Earth speaks out on global warming
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What if the Earth could talk? What would it have to say about
global warming? “I’ll be absolutely fine,” is what, according to satirical British news website The Daily Mash.
In a brief ‘interview’, Earth, (age: 4,000,000,000; location: 93 million miles from the Sun), tells the website that humans seem to be confusing the health of the planet with the survival of their own species.
“I might get a bit warmer and a bit wetter, but to be honest, that actually sounds quite nice,” the planet says in one of the few quotes that are in language moderate enough to be repeated on a Reuters blog.
Before rushing off to do some more orbiting, the busy planet told The Daily Mash that environmental campaigners should drop trying to ‘Save the Planet’ and adopt a more apt slogan such as ‘Save Your Sorry Arse’.
The lighthearted article makes a similar point to one made in “The World Without Us” by U.S. journalist Alan Weisman, which imagines what would happen to the Earth if the human race were wiped out – in a few more words, he concludes, it would indeed get along just fine.
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That is the most sensible comment on Global Warming I think I have ever heard, and it had to come from an anthropomic personification. that makes it all the funnier
Sorry, That should read “Anthropomorphic”
Cute story. If the Earth could talk, I think she might say get ready for polar cities in the future for survivors of global warming….. but nobody is listening.
By caring for her and all her creatures and enjoying ourselves with her, she speaks to us constantly. Open your ears your eyes your heart and your body, to hear her. Care for her as she cares for you/us. Eat and be eaten, for this is her way and we are part and the whole of her, not just us but all life. It is the only way to move through this realm