[deanhills]

What's killing us is this disease that's called Capitalism and the greedy for-ever profit/growth mentality that it inculcates to its disciples... Let's start here to tackle the real problem of the current misery that's facing the 99% of the World population... and not get carry away with the silly idea, promoted by the percent-ers (1%) -via movies.. etc-, that our solution is extra-terrestrial.

Great discussion. I'm going along the route of over population more than capitalism killing this earth. Capitalism just gets worse the more people are involved in the game. I find it difficult to understand that there are millions of charity groups trying to rescue small children that have been brought into this world without any planning. And indirectly their innocence is going to guarantee our downfall and self-destruction of earth.

I'm hoping that along the lines of that movie "The day after tomorrow", that before it is too late, earth is going to get its revenge on human beings and we're going to move spontaneously into an ice age, where most humans will be killed. Then after that earth may stand a chance.

I'm not as confident in this day and age that Mars is possible to be inhabited by human beings, because the ability to successfully populate Mars with its harsh living conditions may take much longer to figure out for humans, than they have time left to survive at the rapid rate of environmental destruction on earth. Yes technically human beings are brilliant, however they're also their own worst enemies. Technically they could work on a plan if the species could survive at the level of progress they're at right now, but I'm almost certain they're going to have to experience a major correction of earth in the near future, when earth can't handle the destruction at the hands of human beings any longer.