Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN

Re:Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinctio... by jacquesm on Saturday November 03, 2018 @07:58AM (#18369798)

> Instead the highest probable path I see is a husk of a planet and us figuring out a way to reintroduce life after terraforming is complete.

Terraforming is fantasy. Reintroducing life is a process that takes eons and is on the scale of the Gods, not of us mortals.

We have a functioning planet with a well developed eco-system, we do not have a back-up and we do not have the abilities you ascribe to us. We would not be around to do any of the things you describe because this is all we have and when it goes we go with it.

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Re:Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinctio... by frabbit on Sunday November 04, 2018 @09:11AM (#18375929)

   We have a functioning planet with a well developed eco-system, we do not have a back-up

What is so hard for people to grasp about this concept? We have an incredible thing here, it would be impossible to engineer something like it in its vast complexity. Why would you not try to maintain this complex machinery and avoid throwing it out of kilter?

It's like watching parrots trying to run a fusion reactor.

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Re:Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinctio... by intended on Saturday November 03, 2018 @08:58AM (#18369971)

Ok. Excellent - I too think that terraforming is dubious practical use.

I put it forward for two reasons - To leaven the bleakness and because pursuit terraforming is inevitable.

It’s just the perfect PR product. Spend money; create jobs, fix the environment.

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