Mining in Space Could Lead to Conflicts on Earth

Re:Mining in Space Could Lead to Conflicts on Earth by EGreg on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @12:53PM (#11528288)

But the byproducts of USING the resources do.

What, did you think there are no byproducts from operations done with raw resources AFTER they are mined?

And how about the mere transport of resources?

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Re:Mining in Space Could Lead to Conflicts on Earth by pavel_lishin on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @01:56PM (#11528796)

Are you proposing we simply stop all manufacturing?

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Re:Mining in Space Could Lead to Conflicts on Earth by EGreg on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @02:36PM (#11529118)

I am proposing we slowly phase out mass producing products out of NON BIODEGRADABLE materials yes.

As for the Carbon - it doesnt matter how slowly we do it, we will still remove it all from the ground. It is a non renewable resource. Look at what we've done to slowly renewable resources like species - how many have gone extinct in the last 100 years? So yeah I think with carbon it's a foregone conclusion that we will floodthe atmosphere with it. But non biodegradable plastics etc. at least we can phase out.

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