Nat-Geo Aftermath Show

Last night I watched the National Geographic (Nat-Geo) channel's special entitled "Aftermath: Population Zero." I have to say that the program left me with a lot of mixed feelings. I have not been one who has readily and wholeheartedly jumped on the global warming bandwagon. I think there is a lot to be said for the impact we humans have and are having on the environment. I'm not sure what this National Geographic show was trying to say. It was interesting to see what might happen if humans, all humans, just disappeared all on the same day (rapture, anyone?), and what the earth would be like after we no longer have any influence on it. According to the ideas presented by this show, large dogs would survive, as well as large zoo animals. Nuclear power plants would explode with radiation more than 500 times that of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, but plants and animals would survive, and the planet would recover over time. Waters that we humans have manipulated in creative ways to make human life easier, would revert back to the way things were before humans were around. All of these things are quite interesting and the special effects of "Aftermath" were good, but where does that leave us? What is the purpose of such a show. I sort of felt like the show was produced by people who truly believe with all their hearts that humans are bad and not a part of nature. I was left with the feeling that I should feel guilty about my being human and about my very life. It was a show that was sort of full of itself and I think that people who are really into the whole "global warming is your fault and you should feel guilty about it" sort of blaming mentality are the ones who tend to make the biggest "carbon footprints" of all. I just don't buy it all, and I don't like the idea that humans are not of nature, and have no right to be creative with the resources that have been given to them.