World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecast

Re:World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster th... by dkersten on Saturday August 07, 2021 @08:11AM (#28097998)

Mars isn’t a short term solution. The best we’ve had so far is a human in space for a year and he said it was hell. I can’t imagine mars would be any different, it will take a gigantic effort to construct a colony that is better than a climate-change-destroyed earth.

Not saying we won’t manage it eventually, I just don’t think it’s very likely in Elon Musks lifetime. Perhaps he should start with building a mars colony... here on Earth first. Some kind of habitat dome thing perhaps.

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Re:World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster th... by mewpmewp2 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @11:14AM (#28099154)

That more impressive that he has started with something that may not pay off in his lifetime, but be vital for future generations down the road.

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Re:World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster th... by dkersten on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:41PM (#28102109)

I agree. It takes a lot to create something that you know you likely won't see the fruits of. Its certainly a great thing to strive and work towards, but many people seem to think he'll have us on Mars in a decade such that we can just trash the earth because we won't need it anymore.

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