Idle Thoughts
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- Krassy3
if humans are so good at global warming, why not global warm the hell out of Mars so the ice there melts and turns to water so we can grow potatoes there?
- - that ice evaporates
- toxic af
- ~150 days in transport
next.sted - the process of terraforming would take thousands of years and could be potentially dangerous to Earth. It's a pipe dream although not unachievable.StoicLevels
- It’s fucking embarrassing that we destroy earth through recklessness and greed so we have to find another planet, and do it all again there no doubt.mort_
- Terraform Earthscarabin
- ^Krassy
- Terraforming earth is easy, just have to plant way more treesGnash
- Terraforming earth is easy, just have to
get rid of the humans.sted - ^Krassy
- Why would terraforming Mars be potentially dangerous to Earth?Nairn
- It could destabilize Earth.
https://www.youtube.…StoicLevels - Your video doesn't appear to make that claim.Nairn
- it's been awhile since i saw it, basically mars' atmosphere could fuck with Earths spatial relationship to the sun. i thought it was this video, maybe it isntStoicLevels
- https://www.nhm.ac.u…StoicLevels
- "Mars also can't support a thick enough atmosphere for humans because it doesn't have the same magnetic field as Earth does."StoicLevels
- Maybe changing the variables of Mars atmosphere's magnetic field is what would cause the effect to Earth.StoicLevels
- a) that sounds like pseudo scientific bullshit. b) terraforming mars would ideally use mars' mass itself = no gravitational impact on EarthNairn
- c) even if we had to add an atmosphere from elsewhere in the system, apparently the ratio of 'planet to atmosphere' is about 1:1,200,000, so ...Nairn
- would also not likely impact Earth's orbit. Presumably at that level of engineering, any effect would be taken into consideration, addingNairn
- or subtracting a relevant amount of mass to Earth to compensate.Nairn
- Also, you can nix the magnetic field problem by constantly replenishing the atmosphere. The amount of loss compared to the amount of replenishment is tinyNairn
- I suppose given Mars' lower gravity, the atmosphere:planet ratio would have to be significantly higher. Still 'no biggie' lol.Nairn
- you eventually came to the conclusion that I had proposed. What if "no biggie' actually were catastrophic.StoicLevels
- Anywhoo, the prospects for terraforming are so ridiculous and farfetched I think biospheres / terrariums make much more sense.StoicLevels
- well exactly - terraforming could, feasibly/optimistica... take 10s of thousands of years. Solar stripping of atmosphere takes 10s of millionsNairn
- - that ice evaporates