A fantastic History Channel documentary, Life After People, supposes that all humans suddenly and completely vanish from the planet. Using stunning effects, the program proceeds to theorize the relatively rapid decline and destruction of the world we know and the triumphant(?) return of nature.
Our human habitat is revealed as an extraordinarily fragile system dependent upon constant intervention and maintenance. Left unchecked, the elements of nature will inexorably reclaim the planet. For example, the last likely remaining generator of electricity would be the Hoover Dam power plant. However, a mussel the size of a thumbnail would inhabit the pipes that draw in cooling water for the turbines. With no one to clean them out, they would soon block these pipes causing the generators to fail.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment