[bayindirh]

> for the good of… some rocks?

This is a perfect portrayal of what I'm talking about:

    - Forests: "some" trees.
    - Water bodies: "some" water.
    - Agricurtural land: "some" soil.
    - Causalities: "some" people.
    - Whole ecosystems: "a couple of" animals.

Minimizing our bad influence on our planet and wanting everything for oneself caused the problem we're currently in. Most humans know no moderation, and putting it out as "this is our instinct, innit? We can't do anything about it but to follow it, eh?" is the biggest continuous mistake we're doing as a species.

If we assume that we're the most advanced organism on this planet (which I doubt) which is meant to rule it once it for all (which I doubt), we shall do a hell of a better job of not burning it end to end and make it inhabitable for ourselves and everything else living on it.

This is shortsightedness, veiled as a god syndrome.

A god which cooks itself to death. For more money. A bitter irony.

[WalterBright]

Your analogy doesn't work because there is no life on Mars. There is no ecosystem there. No other life has been detected in our solar system.

[throwpoaster]

Space is big. Colonize colonize colonize!

[bayindirh]

You can start practicing it with 4X games like Master of Orion (I/II/III/IV).

Then we can follow your footsteps by utilizing the experience you got from these endeavors.