It sounds like they want media attention, and decided one way to get it would be to get arrested in the area of contention. If that is the case, then the lawyers are the dummies for giving them what they wanted.
The Earth is decidedly NOT in "serious, imminent danger". The planet is going to be just fine for quite a while, as far as anyone can tell. Get it right. Life on Earth might have a hard time adjusting to rapid climate change, but that's happened before, and life (and, yes, the planet Earth itself) has continued to exist.
The REAL question (as the discussion appears to notice) is how much of this climate change do we have control over, and what should we be doing to keep ourselves out of trouble?
Before I buy something either expensive and/or potentially problematic (video capture hardware used to be a very good example), I check out the web site of the company in question.
The main thing I look for is the support pages. I'm looking for a public forum.
1. It gives me a hint at potential problems I might face if I buy this product.
2. Any problems I (might) come across often already have a solution that someone else figured out. If that solution is to return the product and buy similar product X, I know where to move on. If the solution is a configuration tweak or a driver download, then I might just brave it anyway.
Call center? What's that?
1. Wealth = money. Not too complicated there.
2. Rich get richer: Even if you're not a Republican, you have to admit that as those wealthy people buy outrageous houses and throw money at "silly" things, like rockets into space, that by spending money, they put it back into the "system", thereby redistributing.
Without any numbers to back this up, I believe the average standard of living (nationally if not globally) is increasing, not decreasing.
3. Alien collective: If there is such a thing, then we will have to invent compatible FTL travel and/or communication before we can apply. Space is a bit too big for anything less.
4. Companies and rich "space club". Same thing happened with cars, airplanes, and broadband Internet access (as already stated in this forum). Space access is just a bit technically more difficult, but the "leading edge club" will pave the way for the masses eventually.
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It sounds like they want media attention, and decided one way to get it would be to get arrested in the area of contention. If that is the case, then the lawyers are the dummies for giving them what they wanted.
The Earth is decidedly NOT in "serious, imminent danger". The planet is going to be just fine for quite a while, as far as anyone can tell. Get it right. Life on Earth might have a hard time adjusting to rapid climate change, but that's happened before, and life (and, yes, the planet Earth itself) has continued to exist. The REAL question (as the discussion appears to notice) is how much of this climate change do we have control over, and what should we be doing to keep ourselves out of trouble?
Before I buy something either expensive and/or potentially problematic (video capture hardware used to be a very good example), I check out the web site of the company in question. The main thing I look for is the support pages. I'm looking for a public forum. 1. It gives me a hint at potential problems I might face if I buy this product. 2. Any problems I (might) come across often already have a solution that someone else figured out. If that solution is to return the product and buy similar product X, I know where to move on. If the solution is a configuration tweak or a driver download, then I might just brave it anyway. Call center? What's that?
1. Wealth = money. Not too complicated there.
2. Rich get richer: Even if you're not a Republican, you have to admit that as those wealthy people buy outrageous houses and throw money at "silly" things, like rockets into space, that by spending money, they put it back into the "system", thereby redistributing. Without any numbers to back this up, I believe the average standard of living (nationally if not globally) is increasing, not decreasing.
3. Alien collective: If there is such a thing, then we will have to invent compatible FTL travel and/or communication before we can apply. Space is a bit too big for anything less.
4. Companies and rich "space club". Same thing happened with cars, airplanes, and broadband Internet access (as already stated in this forum). Space access is just a bit technically more difficult, but the "leading edge club" will pave the way for the masses eventually.