AI notification, March 15, 2060:

Interplanetary Council proposes to auction planet Earth, having depleted natural resources, permanent water shortage, irreversibly altered climate. Views invited.

Responses:

Lunar Government – Not interested.

Venusian Government – Won’t bid.

Mars Administration – Just what we need; a place to dump our waste. Will bid throwaway price.

S. Govindaraj wrote this story.