Global Warming Could Prompt Alien 'Preemptive Strike' on Earth

[steve2470]

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/201142/20110820/global-warming-could-prompt-alien-preemptive-strike-on-earth.htm

Scientists studied several scenarios where earth might encounter extraterrestrial life, with the most alarming potential outcome being the total destruction of the planet to stave off humans polluting the rest of the galaxy.

Beyond endangering fellow-man, humans may pose a serious threat to the entire galaxy, according to a paper written by a trio of scientists dated in April and published in the journal Acta Astronautica.

"A preemptive strike would be particularly likely in the early phases of our expansion because a civilization may become increasingly difficult to destroy as it continues to expand," the study says.

"Humanity may just now be entering the period in which its rapid civilizational expansion could be detected by an ETI (extraterrestrial intelligence) because our expansion is changing the composition of the Earth's atmosphere, via greenhouse gas emissions."

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Something else to worry about.

I'll just add it to the list.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. I want them to take me away.

like those little kids in that Nicolas Cage movie, "Knowing."

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Or stop in and fix everything.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Yeah, that would work, too.

I'm just not real pleased with the state of the planet at this moment in time.

[leveymg]

3. Sounds like someone has seen the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

That doesn't look a thing like Patricia Neal:

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I'm pretty sure we're good until we start traveling FTL. The the aliens will worry.

[Tikki]

5. The Xindi are coming!!

Quick!!... set up an alliance with the Andorians and others....:)

[SpiralHawk]

7. Already been done.

eom

[Ozymanithrax]

8. This is probably the dumbest piece of claptrap science...

(1) The galaxy is a big place. Getting enough humans to another star to colonize another star would take centuries. We would then take centuries to develop that other world before it was endangered. Doing that to the entire galaxy would take more time than the lifespan of a species.

(2) Any species with the technology to project sufficient power to sterilize the planet of human beings would get rid of us without breaking a sweat. The whole invasions scenario is fun science fiction, but it is fiction.

(3) We are causing sufficient damage to the eccosystem, that the planet earth is likely to take us out just through natural processes. Aliens who have survived long enough to develop the type of technology that would allow them to come here, wold know and understand those processes and just put up a big quarantine sign, to be removed in a thousand years or so.

[DiverDave]

10. Why would they care?

LOL what a joke!
Or maybe they like a cold planet...

[Zax2me]

11. The grants and funding must be getting low.

Time for desperate measures.

[slackmaster]

12. My nostrils have just been purged with violently foaming beer

Thanks for the laugh.

:kick:

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. That's it, they hacked into my FN notes

or a series of other science fiction writers.

[Zanzoobar]

14. Preferably before Christmas season is here again. Please.

They're almost to late to prevent another football season, but if they hurry maybe they can get here before Thanksgiving.

[neverforget]

15. Another War on Christmas! Faux News would love it.

[athenasatanjesus]

16. I'm sure most alien species are controlled by special interest groups just like earth.

And I'm certain if they ever attack earth their leaders will "claim" that the attack is justified,while the real purpose will be for profit.

[chillspike]

17. Lol...

Aliens got nothing to worry about....we are our own worst enemy.

[lunatica]

18. We're nowhere near being a danger to ETs

As a matter of fact, we're closer to being an asset as we're closer to destroying ourselves before we go galactic.

[Denninmi]

19. Global Warming??? How about the crap we send out via radio frequency???

As Carl Sagan pointed out 30 years ago, our broadcasts are going out at the speed of light, and the earth is the brightest thing in the radio frequency wavelengths of the spectrum in a hundred light years.

'The Jerry Springer Show', 'Jersey Shore', the various WWF programs -- things like that in and of themselves probably justify our destruction at the hands of an advanced alien race.

:rofl:

[Champion Jack]

20. I welcome our alien overlords

[zappaman]

21. Just something else to get DU's doom and gloom brigade upset. n/t

[steve2470]

22. If you are REALLY curious... the real paper here.....

http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1104/1104.4462.pdf

Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity? A Scenario Analysis
Seth D. Baum,1 Jacob D. Haqq-Misra,2 & Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman3
1. Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University.
2. Department of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University
3. NASA Planetary Science Division

Acta Astronautica, 2011, 68(11-12): 2114-2129

[aquart]

23. So cute, believing other life forms would have more sense.

[SidDithers]

24. Any chance this is from Sorcha Faal?...

I ask even before looking.

Sid

[steve2470]

25. nope, link here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1779248&mesg_id=1779915

[Renew Deal]

26. Wasn't that the plot of some movie?

And I know that was used by the aliens in V.

[Amonester]

27. Are you sure these 'so-called' scientists don't come from the onion?

I mean, good grief, by just looking at planet Venus, 'their' imaginary aliens would have destroyed her a very long time ago...

Geez...

Hint: Venus is SURROUNDED by Greenhouse Gas...

This is so stupid, it boggles the mind...

[steve2470]

28. bump for overnight crew nt