> Talk of colonization efforts right now is like building a garage for the Ferrari you're going to buy some day. Someone in a trailer park isn't likely to ever

> Talk of colonization efforts right now is like building a garage for the Ferrari you're going to buy some day. Someone in a trailer park isn't likely to ever get that Ferrari, so your scenario kinda begs the question that we're never going to be in a position to reach Mars after fixing the earth. But I think your scenario is flawed anyway. We aren't living in a trailer park, we're in Holland and the dykes are breaking for the last time. Some of us (you, in my analogy) want to try and fix them again. Others (me, etc) want to build boats and send a colony elsewhere. The plans aren't mutually exclusive. But it's foolish to do only one.