I remember long ago, people were putting a nice price tag for earth.. and even though I was little then, I was appaled. It's the only thing we are capible of living on (that is known) and yet people thought liek everything else you could slide a price tag on it and people are going to be fine with it /:
The Earth is more valuable than anything, and we abuse it ;-;
Posted by Jake (Member # 206) on :
I'm a bit puzzled as to what sort of discussion you're hoping to generate here.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
The Earth is not 'more valuable than anything'. It is, though, extremely, really, very valuable. Too valuable for trite sentimentality, I think.
Posted by Rawrain (Member # 12414) on :
Considering it's the only known planet to contain life; so far; putting the price on Earth is the same as putting a price on a living thing, which is done quite frequently, though life is worth more than any amount of money.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
On the other hand, I've been informed that the world is not enough.
Posted by Rawrain (Member # 12414) on :
The Earth is responsible for virtually all the knowledge we have and we shot respect by littering..and putting a price on it; hippy thread.
Posted by Herblay (Member # 11834) on :
Heck yeah. And it's like a double rainbow. What does it mean!!!???
It's like Gaia . . . a lifeforce . . . or whatever. Man.
Posted by Rawrain (Member # 12414) on :
You left out Chi and Karma, but the world turns and we live; let's not forget that.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mucus: On the other hand, I've been informed that the world is not enough.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:I remember long ago, people were putting a nice price tag for earth..
May I ask what people and when? Honestly, I have no memory of this ever being a wide spread public discussion. I agree its kind of a silly discussion since a price implies trade value. It absurd to even discuss a trade value for the earth since everything we can trade at this point in human history is literally part of the earth.
What was the context of the this discussion? Could this be some sort of distorted childhood memory that might have been something quite different from what you thought it was?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Once, somebody said this ridiculous thing. It was ridiculous. Ridiculous, I tells ya!
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
We actually believe that there's another planet that fits the criteria for supporting life albeit only along the equator as we think its tidal locked.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
This entire thread needs citations.
Posted by shadowland (Member # 12366) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rawrain: I remember long ago, people were putting a nice price tag for earth..
I submit that everything has a price tag, though not always recognized, universally accepted, or representative of actual value.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I just used a post-it note to put a price tag of $2 on the Earth.
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
quote:This entire thread needs citations.
According to whom?
Posted by CT (Member # 8342) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Once, somebody said this ridiculous thing. It was ridiculous. Ridiculous, I tells ya!
No! But was it on the Internets?
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shawshank:
quote:This entire thread needs citations.
According to whom?
According to Wikipedia.
Wikipedia "Citation".<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/citation>.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I just used a post-it note to put a price tag of $2 on the Earth.
Ok, but the guy down the street is willing to take $1.50. How about I give you a buck and a quarter, and you throw in the moon for free?
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
"I don't want the world. I just want your half." --Ana Ng
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
You can bid on it.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I just used a post-it note to put a price tag of $2 on the Earth.
Ok, but the guy down the street is willing to take $1.50. How about I give you a buck and a quarter, and you throw in the moon for free?
Sold!
Posted by Jake (Member # 206) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I just used a post-it note to put a price tag of $2 on the Earth.
Man. I really overpaid for this sack of potting soil.
Posted by Ace of Spades (Member # 2256) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: You can bid on it.
That's a copy.
Posted by Rawrain (Member # 12414) on :
If the Earth is invaluable than so is everything on it...
As for source, it was an article about all the materials total cost.... something like 1.2 (or maybe even 7.2) trillion dollars or some crap ~.~ hard to try to find a source when I recall from memory
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jake:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I just used a post-it note to put a price tag of $2 on the Earth.
Man. I really overpaid for this sack of potting soil.
Nah. You were really paying for shipping and handling.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
1.2 trillion is small potatoes, roughly half the size of China's foreign reserves.
7.2 trillion is on the order of America's debt roughly toward the end of 2003
Posted by Geraine (Member # 9913) on :
Find another habitable planet, and Earth's value will drop.
Find thousands of habitable planets, and pretty soon planets would be privately owned.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rawrain: If the Earth is invaluable than so is everything on it...
Shouldn't invaluable be the opposite of valuable?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
No. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mucus: On the other hand, I've been informed that the world is not enough.
That's funny. I heard the exact opposite. Some guy told me that the world was too much (especially with us).
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
quote:Originally posted by Jake:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I just used a post-it note to put a price tag of $2 on the Earth.
Man. I really overpaid for this sack of potting soil.
Nah. You were really paying for shipping and handling.
Aw, crap.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
The handling fees are totally bogus too. I know how that stuff was "handled". Unsanitary doesn't even cover it.
Posted by Jake (Member # 206) on :
Are you suggesting that my soil isn't sanitary? Now that you mention it, it does look a little dirty, I guess.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
quote:Originally posted by Jake:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I just used a post-it note to put a price tag of $2 on the Earth.
Man. I really overpaid for this sack of potting soil.
Nah. You were really paying for shipping and handling.
Aw, crap.
No, they sell that separately.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: We actually believe that there's another planet that fits the criteria for supporting life albeit only along the equator as we think its tidal locked.
And when Blayne says "We believe" and appears to be using either the royal We or else speaking for the whole human species, one should keep in mind that he actually means "Some scientists have suggested as a wild speculation".
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
And, if it was tidal-locked, it wouldn't be habitable along the equator, but along a meridian.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
quote:Originally posted by Jake:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I just used a post-it note to put a price tag of $2 on the Earth.
Man. I really overpaid for this sack of potting soil.
Nah. You were really paying for shipping and handling.
Aw, crap.
No, That's the bag labeled "organic fertilizer" not "potting soil".
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
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