rickc@iddic.UUCP (05/10/84)
Sorry, but I can't help myself on this one: > 2. Earth is 70% water, and almost all life on Earth is mostly comprised > of water. (we are, for example, as most primates I imagine would be, > most mammals in general I suppose). These beings could certainly use us > for food, assuming there are enough of us around. It wasn't as if they > were going anywhere -- the world's population of humans and other life > could keep their numbers alive for quite a few years. When they finally > exhaust the supply of life on Earth, they can just move off to another > planet. > > Water is a more precious substance than we Earthlings care to think of > it as. Think about worldwide drought for a long period of time (one > year, let's say) and the effects of it on world politics, health, the > economy, etc. (Think of Soylent Green, also. We ate ourselves when it > came down to it, why shouldn't a band of ruthless aliens do the same?) > The Earth is not 70% water. 70% of the surface area of the earth is covered by water, however. Balls of water ice are floating around our solar system; one need not go into the gravity well of Earth to get it. I agree that other, better stories already exist in the same vein as V: they could have just done Heinlein's Puppet Masters. Rick Coates tektronix!iddic!rickc