Do you believe innovation will lead to the death of our planet?
450361
No - Nothing has been destroyed. Just changed in form.\nThe planet will be here for a long time to come.\nThat is if time actuallly exists........\nPeople will adapt to changes, as will lots of animals, trees, insects, plants, fish etc\n\nIs this bothering you - cos your lifespan is 120 years tops?\nFu@k the enviroment, enjoy yourself a bit and stop worrying. Let your kids do all the worrying.
75895
Its never to late until were all dead from it, however I do believe that we will all die of something else much sooner than the global warming gets so bad it kills us...
1173864
No. There are plenty of other theories. The EPA can't and hasn't proven any of their theories. Even a Harvard scientist said that we may just be recovering from a mini Ice Age that caused famine for 400 years (Ireland's potato famine). Who am I supposed to believe? I am not scared, although I do believe it is a good time to start reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Who knows what the cause of "global warming" is? Oh well. Let's just reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There's nothing harmful in that.
1038470
Will liberalitis infect the entire population of the planet? Thus cause the total extinction of intelligent life?
129956
listen to t. h. white (sword in the stone author). we will in the end use up all our resources and the organisms that need them will die. it will break off part of the food chain and no other organisms will be able to live. the part of that is what happened to the dinosaurs (likely) and it will probably happen to humans considering how destructive we are.
754213
There are no known dangers.\n\nOf course, the anti science crowd will say "but how do you know in x number of years problems wont come up?".\n\nAnd of course, the proper answer to that is "therefor by your argument, we should never produce a single innovation because none of us can see 50 years in the future and give 100% assurance that there will not be a single side effect from this".\n\nOf course no one wants to do that, they're just interested in surpressing science.  It's easy enough to have that opinion in this country where there aren't food shortages and nutrition isn't an issue.  It's a lot harder to feel that way if you consider how many people have those problems.\n\nBut hey, lets give up all technology because in 50 or 100 years we might find out about adverse affects from its use.  They should start their abstention from technology with the internet.
356935
it's possible considering all the rapid global warming that has been occurring all over the world. i doubt it's gonna happen anytime soon but if we continue to dump so much toxic wastes into the air as well as greenhouse gases, it's gonna come much sooner than we think =/
1026590
i don't think this is the best we can do but dude think about it, even we want to advance, the environment does not allow it because we are gradually running out of resources. I know we have everything figured out but come on, our ultimate life source, the sun, is generally going to explode into a super nova.\n\nPerhaps we can find a new planet to live but not until someone invent a spacecraft that can get us out of this solar system and into other galaxies.\n\nlet me think of these inventions...hologram...maybe...time travel...impossible.....but i do believe in time viewing when we travel thousands times faster than the speed of light and go to a distant planet and observe the light reflected from Earth  thousands of  years ago.\n\nAs far as this generation is concerned, technology is only going to improve as much as more memory space on a mp3 player. But who knows, maybe tomorrow there will be another revolution like the industrial revolution and change our lives forever.
1066916
Absolutely. \n\nIt's where our future lies, whether we render this planet inhospitible by ourselves or through some natural disaster, that's where we'll have to go.
416916
Yes, we could. We all will probably die at some point. As far as a mass extinction is concerned, who knows? The future is pretty much unwritten.
355405
As much as humans think that they're invincible,there is no doubt that one day we will be extinct. if not in next million years, the sun is going to expand in the next couple of billio n years, and the earth will become far to hot to live on.
944480
yes i would, i think our planets resources are runnig out fast so i'd wellcome anything that slows this down but that all we can do .
225216
Definitely, we are running out of natural resources. We should do our bit to save wat we have... Every tiny drop makes an ocean...
1154881
Well, it depends on your definition of "end." Are you referring to when humans can't live here anymore? Do you mean when the planet itself is utterly disintegrated? Are you referring to a Biblical apocalypse?\n\nTo any of these conditions, no one can say. However, to the first one listed, our continued destruction of the environment continues to lead to more polluted air, ground, and water. And, while the melting of the ice caps will raise water a great deal and wipe out coastal cities and land, it certainly can't cover the entire planet. Stubborn as humans are, we'll probably find some way to survive through technology if we mess things up that badly, which would be extremely sad to have destroyed such beauty. We also might start a nuclear war that kills everything but cockroaches, but the planet itself would still be here. \n\nCondition two, where the planet is disintegrated, could be brought about by several ways, as well. A large comet, asteroid, or meteor might smash into earth, breaking it apart and causing it to no longer technically be a planet. When the sun finally goes nova (estimated to be 5 billion years away), if it reaches this far out, which his possible, it would swallow the earth, likely blowing it to bits. Then there's always the "Hitchhiker's Guide" route, where we'll be destroyed for an intergalactic highway.\n\nAs for the Bible, only the Father knows. Not even Christ knows when it'll happen. People have been incorrectly interpreting the signs for hundreds of years, so all the tabloid doomsday people are probably just as wrong now.\n\nIn short, no one can see the future, and you're right. We don't take good care of our planet. We really should appreciate it more while we still have a planet to enjoy! Who knows, tomorrow someone might throw a nuke, so go out and enjoy earth! And just in case someone doesn't start World War III, go and take care of it, too, so that generations far into the future can look back on this time and say, "Wow, look at all they did for their children and their children's children," instead of, "How on earth could they be so selfish and uncaring?"
390525
No.  I think the destruction of mankind would be best for the planet.
834804
No, but I kind of understand where you're coming from.\nIf you like that whole apocalyptic-sci-fi-survival thing check out Stephen King's The Stand.\nI've added a link in support of why I do not hope for the collapse of civilization. There are many great possibilities for the future.
850948
the industrial revolution, global warming will destroy our planet now small wars