Monday, May 17, 2010

To Aliens... Earth is the planet of Cars!

I've quite wondered about this while driving my Volkswagen on one of the roads in Memphis, TN. Imagine you are an alien on a spaceship, on a journey towards the planet Earth. Earth, the planet of life, the planet which has more than a million living species, the planet of the blue ocean waters and the green forests. The round globe against the blackness of the outer space would be an incredible sight to the eye, of even the alien.

If you are a well-read alien, you would obviously know about 'human beings' and wonder how they would look like, the species whose population has been smart and powerful enough to conquer not just the planet Earth, but also venture out into space. How do you think would the aliens perceive human beings as? Don't you think it is most likely that the aliens would misunderstand 'cars' as human beings?


Cars... An automobile, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers or human beings, which also carries its own engine or motor. They come in all different shapes, sizes, colours and designs. Honestly, such confusion as to what humans look like, is quite possible. It is estimated that there are approximately 600 million motor vehicles being driven on the streets of earth. According to the United States Census Bureau the Earth's human population is estimated to be 6.821 billion. The ratio is one car per 11 people. That is quite a huge number which will confuse even the smartest alien of all. To aliens, the toughest task would be to spot the human species after all!

1 comment:

  1. interesting thoughts and likely for aliens zooming into countries like US.. they wouldnt be able to spot the cars or humans through the smog above indian cities..:)

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