Now that Americans are becoming increasingly skeptical of the anthropogenic global warming theory, climate scientists have been forced to get even more creative with their climate change alarmism.
Here’s the latest fanatical claim, via a NASA/Penn State scientific study: A band of moralistic, environmental-loving aliens may attack and destroy humanity (for the greater good of the universe, of course!), unless we can get our carbon emissions under control.
Yes, this was written in a taxpayer-funded study. The Guardian reports:
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…
The authors warn that extraterrestrials may be wary of civilisations that expand very rapidly, as these may be prone to destroy other life as they grow, just as humans have pushed species to extinction on Earth. In the most extreme scenario, aliens might choose to destroy humanity to protect other civilisations.
“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.
As long as we’re using the threat of alien invasions to advance our own personal whims and agendas, this study seems like a perfect argument for giant killer space lasers.
Highly dishonest post this. The report was not done by NASA or for NASA. Perhaps if the writer read or linked to the original report, instead of a blog post that links a newspaper article, she would have done better. It was also not commissioned to examine the alien response to AGW or specifically an environmental issue. It was a report where a group of scientists speculated on all the reasons they could possibly imagine for a first contact with an alien culture to occur. To quote mine this report and report it as something it is not is not only dishonest but it smells of desperation. Since you don't have the science on your side you seem to feel it necessary to try and discredit the science and scientists.