The Earth Will Kick Your Ass

People seem to think that the planet is like this big puppy that we all have on this really short leash. Because we are I dunno, superior, or God-empowered to "subdue" it or whatever. And I don't mean to get on an "inconvenient" soap-box here, but that kind of thinking is really not right.

Think of the planet like a huge slumbering dragon, who is tolerating all our bad behavior, but only for so long. Because eventually the dragon gets tired of it, wakes up, and eats us.

That's the thing I've always said. People talk about saving the planet, and what we really need to do is save the people. The planet will be fine. Nuclear Holocaust, biochemical plagues, fire, brimstone, whatever. The planet will eventually rekindle (say, give or take a 10,ooo years.) The human beings are going to be the ones who are toast.

That's why i find it utterly hilarious when the earth fights back in small spurts. These are like the grumblings of the dragon. When it rolls over in its sleep and crushes a few houses. Or when, say, millions of rats flee flooding in overdeveloped parts of the world and come tearing through the farmland causing devastation to crops and disease.
Or when, for instance, the ocean currents suddenly change because their temperature has differentiated, and the ocean returns millions of tons of garbage to our beaches that we had dumped into the sea.
That stuff is great. We need more of it. Somehow I think that is the only thing getting through to some people to say... hmmm. Maybe we should really do something before we wipe ourselves completely off the face of the earth. Cause that's the effect of all this. Don't worry about the earth. It's a tough planet. Humans though? We are fragile. And there are a lot of us to feed. And we panic easily. Worry about us. Save the Humans.