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

in #science6 years ago

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...

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Great article

Thanks, a bit random and "over the top" -yet- unless we give a 180 degree turn to our current economic scheme... It will eventually happen, as it did with all resources.

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Man probably hasn't been to the moon.
Man doesn't even know the shape of earth.
Man hasn't gone past the Van Allen belts.

We, the little people, don't even know that we have a space program that has flying saucers.

"Earth conscious" people complain about cutting down trees to make paper. However, all the trees cut down to make paper today were planted specifically to cut down for paper.

Recycling is also a pull-the-wool over our eyes situation. If we could turn plastic directly back into fuel, it would not power the trucks to drive back to the plastic plant. We are wasting more oil to recycle than to make new. And, why are we paying to get rid of waste that is the fault of Coca-Cola?

Why aren't we burning our trash in high temperature dual stage burners? No, we have to bury all that waste, instead of using it.

Further, places like Polyface Farms are showing real ways of rebuilding top soil with farming and ranching combined.

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