I've been sitting here watching episode #3 of the original Outer Limits series. The name of it is The Architects of Fear. I love this episode. These scientists decide that the only way to get the people of earth to unite and stop fighting amongst ourselves is to create a threat from beyond the earth. Robert Culp is the guy who ends up getting turned into an alien. The scientists fake his death and then begin changing his blood chemistry and physiology. It's a very interesting idea. I actually don't think that it would work. I think that humans are stupid in groups and that even faced with an exterior threat we wouldn't be able to work together. I mean face it. Our planet is in horrible shape. We can't even band together to save our planet. If we can't do that we all die. But are we working together to fix things? Hell no. I think the biggest obstacle to our working towards saving the planet is the government's lack of pushing towards developing green resources. We still rely on oil. I think if a good alternative came along that it wouldn't be developed until it was too late. The oil companies and the government like the status quo just as it is. :P