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Mars Attacks: Scientists Say Aliens May Destroy Mankind Over Global Warming
The New American ^ | Saturday, 20 August 2011 | Selwyn Duke

Posted on 08/27/2011 10:30:17 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer

Three years after the release of the remake The Day the Earth Stood Still, a team of American researchers has made the film’s theme a scientific theory: They are suggesting that an alien race might destroy man to stop our release of greenhouse-gas emissions and global warming.

Writes Fox News:

The thought-provoking scenario is one of many envisaged in a joint study by Penn State and the NASA Planetary Science Division, entitled "Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity? A Scenario Analysis."

It divides projected close encounters into "neutral," those that cause mankind "unintentional harm" and, more worryingly, those in which aliens do us "intentional harm."

While the idea of meeting our end at the green hands of anti-CO2 aliens may be more laugh-provoking than thought-provoking, another scenario in the harmful category is only slightly less amusing. Writes The Guardian, “They [the extraterrestrials] might invite humanity to join the 'Galactic Club' only for the entry requirements to be too bureaucratic and tedious for humans to bother with.”

Call this the Barack Obama Scenario.

(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; global; scientists; warming
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To: Paladins Prayer

“Scientists Say Aliens May Destroy Mankind Over Global Warming”

Seems kind of redundant - weren’t we going to destroy ourselves via global warming?

Not real impressed with these aliens if they haven’t even invented popcorn yet.


21 posted on 08/27/2011 11:05:58 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: LuigiBonnafini

22 posted on 08/27/2011 11:07:07 AM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Paladins Prayer
"Greenback Effect: to make money by stealing our resources."

I was thinking that was the "Wetback Effect". ;-)

23 posted on 08/27/2011 11:07:07 AM PDT by Average Al
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To: the invisib1e hand
If they haven’t destroyed us over “Sex in the City,” I don’t think they’re ever going to destroy us.

Ghosthunters didn't seem to provoke them either.

We just have to try harder and lower the standards further.

24 posted on 08/27/2011 11:08:46 AM PDT by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

'They blew up Congress....Ha Ha Ha Ha!'

25 posted on 08/27/2011 11:09:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Paladins Prayer

Scientists, eh?


26 posted on 08/27/2011 11:12:36 AM PDT by onedoug (!)
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To: Paladins Prayer

I think what they were trying to say is that super advanced aliens might monitor very rapid changes in a planet’s atmosphere as a sign of technological advancement. They would then do something about it, like seeing mouse poop in the pantry and setting out poison.

Not that I buy any of it, especially the liberal enviro garbage that is stuck to it, but it’s neat to think about. I think radio waves might be a surer way to do it. You might have aliens who don’t mess with their environment too much but who still advance somehow.

Freegards


27 posted on 08/27/2011 11:17:03 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Paladins Prayer

OK..TIME FOR SOME BUDGET CUTS.

These people have to much time and to much money. Cut their budgets.
END THE EPA NOW!


28 posted on 08/27/2011 11:20:55 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: onedoug

Right. A scientist would not be making these ignoramus assumptions.


29 posted on 08/27/2011 11:22:39 AM PDT by abclily
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To: Paladins Prayer
War Of The Worlds
30 posted on 08/27/2011 11:40:55 AM PDT by blam
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To: alloysteel

What if the aliens need CO2 to survive? We could be selling it to them. Problem solved.


31 posted on 08/27/2011 11:44:06 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Salvavida
This just goes to show that humans will worship a turnip rather than the truth.


32 posted on 08/27/2011 1:08:02 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: UCANSEE2

The space aliens have already taken over our government.


33 posted on 08/27/2011 1:31:57 PM PDT by baiamonte
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To: baiamonte

Are they the ones that performed brain surgery on Obama?


34 posted on 08/27/2011 10:46:44 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: BwanaNdege
If Space is full of advanced alien civilizations, why have they not stopped by for a spot of tea?

Because out of the millions of stars in our own Galaxy, not to mention the billions and billions and billions of other galaxies, none of them have noticed our Star, little lone our planet. It is doubtful that other 'advanced' civilizations could 'see' our planet, even if they wanted to.

And it's not like our star has gone Supernova, which is usually what would attract the attention of any 'alien' astronomers.

Besides, it is likely they are so far distant from us that considering 'traveling' to Earth would be an almost 'infinite' journey , just like it would to us, and they have better things to do.

35 posted on 08/27/2011 10:53:31 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: Paladins Prayer
Space aliens are Liberals.

Who knew?

36 posted on 08/29/2011 11:09:44 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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