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> stop humanity from resource-extracting-and-polluting Earth's oceans, land and water I'm not sure I see the connection. I'd argue most of the damage we're doi
by imglorp 9y ago
> stop humanity from resource-extracting-and-polluting Earth's oceans, land and water
I'm not sure I see the connection. I'd argue most of the damage we're doing to the earth is not industrial: overfishing the oceans, raising cattle, slash and burn agriculture, extracting and burning hydrocarbons, transportation, waste disposal. Moving industry off planet is fine but we still need to address these things.
Now, if you want to move a bunch of humans off planet, that would be super.
- cryptoz 9y agoPerhaps I oversimplified. Bezos would also like to move millions of people off-planet as well. Additionally, it's not just mining and manufacturing, but nearly all of humanity's Earthly activities can be done in space. There is some more details about his vision in this WaPo piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/jeff-bezos-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-his-plans-for-space/2016/03/09/a0716c7e-e5f4-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html?utm_term=.d391ad598df4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/jeff-bezos-p...
- Mediterraneo10 9y ago> Bezos would also like to move millions of people off-planet as well. In Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy, one of the points made is that even with multiple space elevators, you could never move more people off the planet than are being born on it at the same time. Consequently, space exploration is not a cure for overpopulation. KSR researched this 25 years ago, has the math on that changed?