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This just disgusts me deeply. Is there nowhere on earth that is safe from humanity's greed and disregard for the planet we depend on for our lives. In some ways
by pmx 11y ago
This just disgusts me deeply. Is there nowhere on earth that is safe from humanity's greed and disregard for the planet we depend on for our lives. In some ways I hope we never go intergalactic or even leave our solar system - perhaps the universe will quarantine us before we can infest the rest of it.
- IndianAstronaut 11y agoI would much rather us go mine lifeless asteroids than destroy geothermal vents.
- Bluestrike2 11y agoThe solar system (and systems beyond it) are the perfect solution to that concern. Massive asteroid belts, lifeless planets and moons, jovian planets, and all of the rest of space's vast resources are practically limitless compared to what we have here inside the gravity well. There's no need to damage a planet's biosphere for resource extraction or industry when space offers us so much more once we get out there. That won't stop a lot of very stupid people from protesting the one solution that'll actually solve these sorts of environmental problems, but that's going to happen regardless. Interestingly enough, a lot of the engineering work for mining hydrothermal vents might have some interesting cross-applications for asteroid mining once we're outside of the gravity well.