We ’ve done so much harm to the planet , we ca n’t call it “ ground ” any more , says environmentalist Bill McKibben . We ’ll have to bulge out call our planet “ Eaarth ” instead . And we have to sound out it in an Arnold Schwarzenegger vocalization .
McKibben , whose new book is called Eaarth , explain to the Guardian why he thinks we should vary our world ’s name ( although he does n’t excuse why we have to say it like Arnie ):
There ’s a slightly science fiction look to it ; that ’s appropriate in the common sense it ’s a little like a science fabrication story : we wake up one day and the major planet we have been used to for 10,000 twelvemonth has 5 % more moisture in the ambiance , the sea is turning more window pane . The only trouble is it ’s not fiction … Most of the book is devoted to the interrogation : if we ’re on a fresh planet how are we going to be on it ? It ’s a different planet : we ’ll have to have different habits in society to inhabit it successfully , and some of those will be pretty basal .
And an extra vowel is synonymous with “ radical , ” as everyone knows . [ Guardian ]
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