Saturday 20 August 2011

Pay Your Carbon Taxes Or Space Aliens Will Attack!


"It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim.
Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth's atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain.
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"A preemptive strike would be particularly likely in the early phases of our expansion because a civilisation may become increasingly difficult to destroy as it continues to expand. Humanity may just now be entering the period in which its rapid civilisational expansion could be detected by an ETI because our expansion is changing the composition of the Earth's atmosphere, via greenhouse gas emissions," the report states.
"Green" aliens might object to the environmental damage humans have caused on Earth and wipe us out to save the planet. "These scenarios give us reason to limit our growth and reduce our impact on global ecosystems. It would be particularly important for us to limit our emissions of greenhouse gases, since atmospheric composition can be observed from other planets," the authors write.
Even if we never make contact with extraterrestrials, the report argues that considering the potential scenarios may help to plot the future path of human civilisation, avoid collapse and achieve long-term survival."
I've highlighted the most incredulous part of the article above. I absolutely pissed myself laughing at this one. Is there no end to the ridiculous scare tactics these crooks will use to promote their agenda? Pay your carbon tax or aliens will get you? Puh-lease!

2 comments:

AP said...

Haha fraud!

I'm pretty sure they'd fuck us with or without greenhouse gases, buddy...

Alekazam said...

Maybe they're friendly, like ET?

I can't fathom an ultra-advanced civilization having mastered space flight and abundant energy being savagely violent, tbh...