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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]a geek named Bob
(2,715 posts)I'll address your last point first...
1.) A semi-snappy statement about uranus does not serve as a valid argument.
2.) I like to make new things. I also refuse to be an enabler. Staying on Earth and cleaning up other people's messes sounds like enabling. BOG PERSON was stating that he didn't want people leaving, until they were all good socialists (which sounds like mental slavery, to me.) One of the reasons people leave an existing culture, for a new frontier, is for new opportunities. Earth doesn't have many.
3.) your bit about "what is the mathematical formula" sounds very much like a leading question. If the culture I am living in (United States), now has a negative growth rate, than it is not a problem.
4.) Sorry, but "pollution of space time" sounds more like a problem for Doctor Who. I hold the opinion that pollution is an unused resource. I was under the impression that Sweden uses Industrial closed loop through cycling. Why wouldn't a Martian Colony use the same technology?
5.) Point proven? What do you mean?