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Elements fit perfectly in discussions of things like planets and outer space.
But discussing our daily lives from the perspective of elements usually
doesn’t make much sense. In the last billion years or so, the elements of
Earth haven’t changed much. And it doesn’t matter to the elements whether
people live or die—it’s all the same to them.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS DON’T AFFECT THEM EITHER.
The elements remain unaffected even if holes open up in the ozone layer or
the atmosphere fills up with carbon dioxide. Unless something really drastic
happens, like a meteor strike or a nuclear bomb, there’s really no change
to the elements of Earth. But if something like that happens, then nothing
really matters anymore, does it? It becomes hard to ev