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So is this a case of terraforming Iceland?

by zeristor 9y ago

ainiriand 9y ago
I find quite interesting how we plan on terraform and colonize Mars when we can't even grow trees on Iceland.
- mitchtbaum 9y ago
  In fairness, the article does mention several dedicated individuals; and who knows, they might inspire others - "many hands make light work".
  - ainiriand 9y ago
    It took a collective effort to remove the trees, makes sense that it should be like that to bring the forest back.
  - marvin 9y ago
    Plus, like with man-made climate change, more people are actively sabotaging the efforts. In this case by letting their sheep eat the saplings.
- skj 9y ago
  The farm lobby isn't standing in the way of terraforming Mars.
  - gerbilly 9y ago
    Well maybe by the time we get there it will. The thing about mars is that we can't just export the parts of society we like and leave out the rest. When humans colonize a new 'utopia', we tend to bring all the normal human problems with us too.
    - zaroth 9y ago
      I think at least some basic tenants may be broken once you get to inhabiting a second planet!
      - skj 9y ago
        (tenets!)
        zaroth 9y ago
        Both even
    - stevenwoo 9y ago
      I read it when I was a teenager, but The Moon is a Harsh Mistress pounds this idea into your head.
  - Tiktaalik 9y ago
    Hmm you should read the Red/Green/Blue Mars series. A good sci fi series that deals with Mars terraforming, in which a major plot element are colonists opposed to terraforming.
rom16384 9y ago
It wouldn't be the first time an island had been terraformed, from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena: "Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation and attempts to boost rainfall artificially.[5] This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualisation of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentalism."

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So is this a case of terraforming Iceland?

by zeristor 9y ago

So is this a case of terraforming Iceland?

ainiriand 9y ago
I find quite interesting how we plan on terraform and colonize Mars when we can't even grow trees on Iceland.
- mitchtbaum 9y ago
  In fairness, the article does mention several dedicated individuals; and who knows, they might inspire others - "many hands make light work".
  - ainiriand 9y ago
    It took a collective effort to remove the trees, makes sense that it should be like that to bring the forest back.
  - marvin 9y ago
    Plus, like with man-made climate change, more people are actively sabotaging the efforts. In this case by letting their sheep eat the saplings.
- skj 9y ago
  The farm lobby isn't standing in the way of terraforming Mars.
  - gerbilly 9y ago
    Well maybe by the time we get there it will. The thing about mars is that we can't just export the parts of society we like and leave out the rest. When humans colonize a new 'utopia', we tend to bring all the normal human problems with us too.
    - zaroth 9y ago
      I think at least some basic tenants may be broken once you get to inhabiting a second planet!
      - skj 9y ago
        (tenets!)
        zaroth 9y ago
        Both even
    - stevenwoo 9y ago
      I read it when I was a teenager, but The Moon is a Harsh Mistress pounds this idea into your head.
  - Tiktaalik 9y ago
    Hmm you should read the Red/Green/Blue Mars series. A good sci fi series that deals with Mars terraforming, in which a major plot element are colonists opposed to terraforming.
rom16384 9y ago
It wouldn't be the first time an island had been terraformed, from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena: "Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation and attempts to boost rainfall artificially.[5] This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualisation of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentalism."