3 ms·
>We could grow our food in what are now lifeless surfaces If can't keep an habitable planet habitable, how can we turn a rock into an habitat?
by rcMgD2BwE72F 6y ago
>We could grow our food in what are now lifeless surfaces
If can't keep an habitable planet habitable, how can we turn a rock into an habitat?
- CryptoPunk 6y agoBecause Earth-based civilization relies on the commons, and it's hard to manage the commons, due to the vast number of competing claims on them. i.e. the tragedy of the commons. Extra-terrestial colonization would be completely different, with entirely self-contained environments owned by defined parties who are incentivized to effectively manage them. The other point is that extra-terrestial colonization could give us access to vastly more resources, that can be harnessed without putting any strain on natural environments. It could even be possible to return all Earth-based agricultural lands to their natural state, and grow all the food we need in urban vertical farms that receive the energy they need for plant growth from extra-terrestial sources like space-based solar panels.