Re:Elon Musk argues that putting a million people on Mars en...
by wahern on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @03:19PM
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"It will if anything be more bountiful and teeming with life."
In the near term, it's going to cause tremendous dislocation of human civilizations. In poorer areas, climate change will cause millions to die and tens of millions to suffer. That's the undeniable moral component.
Ecologically, climate change will hasten the mass extinction of species. A world covered in kudzo, algae, and roaches is technically "teeming with life", but I'm not sure it's the aesthetic vision you have in mind.
In the near term, it's going to cause tremendous dislocation of human civilizations. In poorer areas, climate change will cause millions to die and tens of millions to suffer. That's the undeniable moral component.
Ecologically, climate change will hasten the mass extinction of species. A world covered in kudzo, algae, and roaches is technically "teeming with life", but I'm not sure it's the aesthetic vision you have in mind.