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Originally Posted by tonybarry
Hi All,
A good topic to discuss. I saw "Interstellar" last week with a few mates from WSAAG, and the topic was relevant.
I've considered the Greenie position fairly solidly, and in its milder forms it has merit. In its more extreme forms, it amounts to suicide (anything a human can do will be bad, so the best thing we can do is not do anything - which equals "Kill yourself and save Nature").
I am pretty solidly set on the idea that we should not die with our planet; that we have acquired the ability to propagate and our future is off-planet.
Terraforming Mars is a good idea - if we can do it reasonably well. I am not sure that it can be done well, because there are a few items lacking there (e.g. water content is minimal, oxygen pressure is really low, gravity is too weak to hold all the atmosphere we'd need).
But engineering a way past these obstacles is a very worthwhile task. We are due for another global extinction event (they apparently occur every 65 million years or so), and having some way to continue past that is a very good idea.
Regards,
Tony Barry
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I don't agree with you Tony,
If there were a higher form than Humans, they would definitely get the Bagon out and exterminate the most destructive creature that ever walked this planet, Us.
To want to take our destructive ways to other parts of the Solar System, or even further is in my opinion is plain vandalism.
I see mass extinctions as a form of rejuvenation and by golly this planet and the major life form that inhabits it surely needs rejuvenating, even if that means going the way of the Dinosaurs.
Cheers
