Earth Day...

In celebration of Earth Day, it has occurred to me that this is just another reason to have a holiday.
All of those people wanting to save a particular species don't get it.   Over 90% of the species that ever lived are extinct, and we didn't kill them.   Nature will continue to let some species die (at today's rate, it's 25 per day) and have new ones emerge.
I hear people talking about "saving the planet".   How absurd...We haven't learned to save ourselves.
There's nothing wrong with our plant; it's the people that are the problem. 
Earth has been around for more than 4 1/2 billion years.   We've only been here for about 200 thousand years, and industry has only been happening for about 200 years.
The planet has been through earthquakes,reversal of the magnetic poles,reoccurring ice ages, volcanoes, magnetic storms, worldwide floods, continental drift, solar flares, comets,asteroids, fires, etc. and continues to survive.
How egotistical of man to think that some plastic bags or aluminum cans are ruining the earth.   To think that we can interfere with the earth enough to have control over the nature of the planet.
Earth is a self correcting system that heals and cleans itself.   That's what it does.
The planet is here to stay...we will go away.
So, while you're still here, just appreciate and enjoy all of the things that nature has to offer you and stop worrying about "saving the planet".   When it has has enough of our nonsense, it will get rid of us too.