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I know you're joking, but... When I was in college, I was hanging out with some guys who worked for Greenpeace. I asked them, "how would you feel about mining

by rmah 16y ago

I know you're joking, but... When I was in college, I was hanging out with some guys who worked for Greenpeace. I asked them, "how would you feel about mining the moon for raw materials?" The response I got back was basically, "NO!", "THAT'S HORRIBLE!", "O.M.G. YOU'RE EVIL!" I tried to explain that the moon was a big, lifeless, ball of rock. But they were having none of it. They all thought we should leave the moon alone, pristine in its lifelessness. <shrug>

fleitz 16y ago
That's basically the objective of the modern Greenpeace, elimination of human life from the planet. If you talk to the founder of Greenpeace he will basically tell you that his mission for Greenpeace was full filled and that most of what they do now is on the lunatic fringe.
- rhizome 16y ago
  You mean like Michelle Bachmann?
patrickk 16y ago
That "big, lifeless, ball of rock" partially controls the oceans' tides. I would be in favour of leaving it alone. Just because something is technically possible doesn't mean it should be done. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide#Forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide#Forces
- pjscott 16y ago
  You would have to remove a significant chunk of the moon's mass before mining it affected the tides in any serious way. There's a lot of useful mining you can do without violating that constraint.
- rmah 16y ago
  Haha, good joke. You almost had me going for a second.