"Why would the Sulgogars want to exterminate humans from the Earth? Considering what we did to the oceans, and the atmosphere, thinking even briefly about The Big Mistake, we might instead ask: Why wouldnÆt they want to exterminate humans from the Earth?"

— Consuela Earnesto, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of the Free Hague, testifying before the United Nations Select Committee on The Big Mistake