We are cavemen burning stuff. As humans, in certain parts of the world, we burned every tree, every bush, every blade of grass -- for who knows what petty reasons. On Easter Island it was involved in building a large number of giant stone heads.
England once was covered in forests and now must protect the last few that remain as though they are museum pieces.
In America, also once covered in forests, we are almost in the same shape, although now, instead of burning wood, we burn oil and coal. It is obvious what happens when that happens. And now in the Gulf of Mexico we can see what else happens, as if the Exxon Valdez was not enough.
If we can make it to space and beyond the planets with scientifically designed machines, we can get beyond this incredibly medieval destruction of our own home planet. Armageddon be damned. There is no excuse for this.
