Geo-engineering...

[Wolferz]

There are people out there that are working out a solution for the over population problem too. Survival of the fittest will be brought to bear and it won't be pretty. As for the ecosystem, the clearing of the tropical rainforests by human encroachment is akin to ripping a lung out of the planet. Half of the first one was ripped out of the European continent for construction and warmth.
The other half from North America as trees were cleared for farm land, construction and heat.

Maybe we'll have another Carrington event like the one in 1859 and get tossed back into the dark ages for an undetermined length of time..

[Platapus]

The sooner the human species is extinct, the sooner the earth can start healing itself.

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Platapus

The sooner the human species is extinct, the sooner the earth can start healing itself.

As things are progressing now, there won't be much left for the meek.

[Spiced_Rum]

This just makes me think of that dreadful film 'The Avengers' with Sean Connery as an arch villain Sir August De Wynter the mad weather man.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Spiced_Rum

This just makes me think of that dreadful film 'The Avengers' with Chris Hemsworth as arch villain Thor the mad weather man.

Wrong. Thor was a good guy. It was his brother who was the villain

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Wrong. Thor was a good guy. It was his brother who was the villain

Wrong Avengers.




Anyway, I've long believed that we need to go up as well as out. Unfortunately the Earth rarely a still place, and thus any buildings would have to be extensively tested against wind and tremors, however skyscrapers and vertical farms are going to be something that is desperately needed if our population continues to grow and does not level off in 'peak child'.

Of course, we also need to expand outwards and better our defences against extraterrestrial objects, and for the love of God, get something, anything on another planet so that if this one takes a massive hit the human race will survive in some form elsewhere and our knowledge and technological achievements will continue. Otherwise, one rock and we're back to the dark ages for a few centuries before we're able to slowly claw our way back up the ladder. From being able to touch the sky to crowding around a fire in a cave in one easy hunk of rock.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Wrong Avengers.

I know. I edited the quote in my post a little.

[BrucePartington]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Wrong Avengers.




Anyway, I've long believed that we need to go up as well as out. Unfortunately the Earth rarely a still place, and thus any buildings would have to be extensively tested against wind and tremors, however skyscrapers and vertical farms are going to be something that is desperately needed if our population continues to grow and does not level off in 'peak child'.

Of course, we also need to expand outwards and better our defences against extraterrestrial objects, and for the love of God, get something, anything on another planet so that if this one takes a massive hit the human race will survive in some form elsewhere and our knowledge and technological achievements will continue. Otherwise, one rock and we're back to the dark ages for a few centuries before we're able to slowly claw our way back up the ladder. From being able to touch the sky to crowding around a fire in a cave in one easy hunk of rock.

Agree. My view as well.
There is (or was?) a plan to "terraform" Mars, for exactly this purpose.
However, there are a few major obstacles, not least the ferrous micro-dust that gets everywhere, including atmospheric filters, and the fact that Mars is "dead". Not as in devoid of life (which it is), but rather as in no tectonic activity, necessary to recycle and renew materials in the crust, vital to sustain plant life and provide mineral resources.

So I would think Mars would be viable only to be used as an outpost and a springboard.
This leaves us stranded in this system for now, since we do not yet have the technology to make interstellar travel feasible.

All we can do for now is enjoy old Star Trek episodes and hope one day we'll have some sort of "warp drive" to enable us to boldly go where no one has gone before.
Meanwhile we should try and maintain our little garden.

[Spoon 11th]

Originally Posted by Platapus

The sooner the human species is extinct, the sooner the earth can start healing itself.

What kind of short sightedness is this? In about few billion years the Sun is going to scorch this planet. As long as there's no confirmation about E.T.'s, mankind and interstellar colony ships is the only possible savior of lifeforms of this planet.