I spend a great deal of time watching Discovery Channel because I love learning and I couldn’t figure out why I was addicted to this channel until a slow realization dawned on me….most of the shows on Discovery are about destruction of the planet earth for profit.

Let’s take a look at some of the themes for their shows:

Cash Cab – A guy drives around in a cab burning fuel asking people questions for a chance to win money.

Deadliest Catch – A group of guys drive around the ocean burning fuel to catch crab for profit.

Dirty Jobs -  A guy goes from filthy place to filthy place to do “dirty jobs” of companies that make profit the dirty way.

Mythbusters - A couple of guys burn fossil fuels, destroy a variety of objects to prove a point.

Pitchmen – A couple of guys sell the best crap from China at a reasonable price for China

Other shows I watch have similar themes on various channels (e.g. History or Discovery):

Ice Road Truckers – Burn fossil fuels to deliver stuff that extracts more fossil fuels…rinse and repeat.

Ax Men – Slash down trees for profit!

Swamp Tree Loggers – Slash down trees for profit using heavy equipment burning fossil fuels!

Life After People – The show for those who want to know what happens when we deplete the planet of all resources!

Oh man, I gotta cut back on watching this channel.