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Humans have never cleaned up one mess before starting a new one. What makes you think multiplanetary civilisation will be any different?
by manicdee 9y ago
Humans have never cleaned up one mess before starting a new one. What makes you think multiplanetary civilisation will be any different?
- rawland 9y agoHumankind has to. On smaller scales, they did many times. There are plenty of examples. Here one I really like: https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/air https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/air: In Europe, emissions of many air pollutants have decreased substantially over the past decades, resulting in improved air quality across the region.
- manicdee 9y agoIn the other corner we have Exxon Valdez, BP Deep Horizons, Aliso Canyon, rednecks driving "coal rollers", the Koch brothers campaigning against EVs, and the Australian government using the drug dealer defence in relation to coal mining.
- rawland 9y agoMany Europeans see this and are afraid that it will get worse in the US. In my opinion, that's the reason for the strong resistance against TTIP/CETA. However, we're heading off topic. :-)