The moon is made of green cheese? WRONG! Earth is!

A common idea that was around pretty much any child at some point, we already know it is false. so, what do I mean by "the Earth is"?


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We are a parasitic species, we've no doubt about that. We leave our imprint in any location that has a resouce we can exploit for a short-term benefit.
Just listen how happy is the announcer about the "great news" chopping down ancient trees is at the minute 9:00 of this video.

We've done that with lots of resources. Way too many, without considering future enterprises.

Mining.

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Logging.

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Shit, we even mine sand!

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With the advent of "space exploration". Slowly our resources are getting "lost in space". It may sound like an exaggeration, yet, did you watch that video? Those redwoods are now in a reserve. That "endless resource" had to be protected from human depredation. And that was not too long ago, some of our grandparents saw those woods at their prime.

If we keep digging up resources instead of recycling the ones we already extracted, we may end up with a "cheese" Earth (unless, of course, we start the extra-terrestrial depredation of resources... in a place where we cannot see the damage).

In a few decades, we will see the first human colonies in other places than Earth, lets hope we've learned from our past mistakes...