makoivis t1_irq7irl wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:07 AM

Reply to comment by dern_the_hermit in The first crop of space mining companies didn’t work out, but a new generation is trying again by Soupjoe5

I want you to ponder that question for a good long while and really meditate on it.

Why indeed? What advantage did it bring?

dern_the_hermit t1_irq81l1 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:13 AM

Flip side: Why not? What else are we going to do with the wild environment-shaping technological powers we possess?

Them's a couple more questions to add to your meditations.

makoivis t1_irq89fa wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:15 AM

We could start with addressing climate change on earth, that seems like a good use of said wild powers.

But again, ponder why people migrate. Hint: food availability plays a huge part. How’s food availability in space?

dern_the_hermit t1_irq8fow wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:18 AM

> We could start with addressing climate change on earth

The two aren't anywhere close to mutually exclusive. What a weird retort.

makoivis t1_irq8k88 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:19 AM

This discussion would make more sense if you’d engage with any of the points I’m making. This is pretty tiresome.

dern_the_hermit t1_irq8rhd wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:21 AM

I literally just directly engaged with a point you made, but okay.

Codydw12 t1_iru6nvs wrote on October 11, 2022 at 1:46 AM

At the moment it's nonexistent. Key part there is at the moment. Should technologies such as verticle farming and hydroponics take off in the coming years/decades we could very see cities dedicate skyscrapers to growing crops as well as said technology being used to attempt space grown crops.