Quote: TrackDay No matter how green we go, we will still end up impacting the planet. With population only rising since the advent of mankind, the only way to instill order is to maintain an order in society by generating jobs and a growing economy. Sadly, no matter what we do it will affect the planet. But no, never can it destroy all life. The very question of the origin of our universe and life is beyond us humans to understand. We are nothing but a tiny speck or dot in the greater sense of things. The video below by google can answer to some extent the impacts of us human beings on the planet.