Ah Yes, Earth Day

Forget SUVs and coal emissions, and other things that
can be controlled, because their negative effects are
mostly felt by the working classes and poor. Let's
worry about rouge asteroids and comets instead, since
they'll wipe-out masions as well as the ghettos. And
we can even make a few bucks in the process!

http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20040422/6136011s.htm
"Yet, even if arresting environmental harm through
individual effort alone were possible, it would be a
mistake to focus merely on human-caused problems.
Better that we also focus on developing more
sophisticated technology, which will give scientists
the ability through research and exploration to learn
more about the solar system and, in turn, how to
counteract the dangers to Earth, including natural
threats."