Originally Posted by eonsx311
oh for crying out loud, that is obsurd. we are talking about fragile eco systems that will be so viciously disrupted. do you think some pipe line worker gives two shits about the area in and around where he/she is working? those people arent exactly "careful" with the environment. so by your view, we should not preserve any land on the god forsaken planet? just rape it untill it is completely fubar? thats twisted man.
Earth has lasted through the ice age. Earth has lasted through a giant meteor crashing into it and leaving it in darkness for years. Earth has lasted billions of years of evolution and bad things happening. Earth has lasted through dinosaurs, Hitler, Saddam, and even the San Diego Padres.
Earth won't mind if we take some oil, it'll take some time, but it'll rebuild itself just fine. Only problem is people who care too much. Earth doesn't care. People taking the oil don't care. People using the oil don't care. Dogs don't care. The only party that cares, is those that care too much.
I'm not saying it's cool to go destroy earth, cause I'm sure we could. But this is something so small in the grand scheme of earth and it's entire existence, it's like a bit of dust falling onto your shoulder and then beeing blown away with the slightest air movement. You'd never even notice it.