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You'd think, but it seems we're currently hurtling an entire planet towards mass climate-related migration and food instability... Regardless, by the time we'r
by micromacrofoot 5y ago
You'd think, but it seems we're currently hurtling an entire planet towards mass climate-related migration and food instability...
Regardless, by the time we're creating massive space colonies we'll probably be manufacturing oxygen rather than maintaining massive forests.
- wnkrshm 5y agoOceanic photosynthesis is what you want to also look at to protect, more than half (est. 50-80%) of our oxygen comes from oceanic life like plankton, algae, bacteria. If the oceans go, we're screwed.
- undersuit 5y ago>we'll probably be manufacturing oxygen rather than maintaining massive forests. What's the difference?
- micromacrofoot 5y agoScale, time, labor, reliability. Forests are vulnerable to disease and replacement parts take years and years to grow.
- beebeepka 5y agoMachines would need lots of power, maintenance, and many years to design, build, install. Unless you're playing devil's advocate, I'd say you are shilling for a certain industry
- micromacrofoot 5y agoYeah I'm shilling for getting our heads out of our asses and taking care of forests on earth before we go fantasizing about forests in space that no one will ever build.
- beebeepka 5y agoOh, my bad. I thought you're talking about doing this on the planet. In this case, I agree, of course. But growing forests might also work
- Chris2048 5y agoTrees can't split every oxide.
- wonderwonder 5y agoI would think a space colony would have to be far more authoritarian than the earth. In space much more can go wrong without a central authority with almost absolute power which makes it easier to dictate green space.