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Re:The Scariest, Most Boring Armageddon by eximius on Sunday January 31, 2016 @12:00PM (#11006968)
Really, the best thing for the survival of the species would be population control (down to something like 2 billion) and eugenics of some sort.

Unfortunately, both are highly immoral.

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Re:The Scariest, Most Boring Armageddon by scotty79 on Sunday January 31, 2016 @12:18PM (#11007025)
Why would that be best? As opposed to for example finally figuring out fusion power and using that power to dig and sustain deep underground farms and dwellings?

There's whole lot of space underground that's currently inhabited by at most bacteria.

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Re:The Scariest, Most Boring Armageddon by eximius on Monday February 01, 2016 @10:28AM (#11012241)
Yes, let's just shove a few billion poor people underground (because that's what would happen).

edit: but seriously, power isn't even close to our only issue. our population just isnt sustainable

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Re:The Scariest, Most Boring Armageddon by scotty79 on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @04:20AM (#11018418)
Why is that? With abundant clean power you can have everything under the surface: space, daylight, clean water, air, food, wood. I'm guessing more could be recycled if energy is not a concern. Surface could be the place kept nice where you go for vacation, all other activity could move underground.
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