Juan Non-Volokh points out how there is no empirical evidence that biodiversity is a matter of survival. I personally find our dependency on other lifeforms quite pathetic. We’re the human race, the greatest species in the universe, so why should we need bunch of other plants or animals around to survive; they should live and die by our whimsy. We should make technology that can take the place of plants in the food chain, machines that can produce food and oxygen from sunlight, water, and nutrients much more efficentiely than some stupid tree. And unlike the tree, it won’t block the sky or be a hazard to you if you run off the road.

Now don’t take me out of context and say I’m for eliminating all trees. I just think they can be relegated to some zoo or something so they can stay out of our way.