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Should we avoid colonizing Mars so as to avoid destroying the Martian Environment?
Yes, Am an environmentalist [ 3 ]  [9.68%]
No, Am an environmentalist [ 21 ]  [67.74%]
Yes, Am not an environmentalist [ 0 ]  [0.00%]
No, Am not an environmentalist [ 7 ]  [22.58%]
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Lord Bitememan
post Jul 11 2004, 03:42 AM
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I had a discussion with a German girl one time who was an extreme environmentalist. She felt that we should avoid interplanetary colonization to avoid "spreading our sickness to other worlds." I wondered what U-P thought.
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post Jul 28 2004, 07:44 PM
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No oil though... but we could always use bio-fuel or hydrogen/ solar etc...

I would have no problem colinizing Mars. We do need to be more carful here however- the rising levels of the oceans are themselves a serious problem, due to the melting of the polar ice.
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post Jun 2 2006, 12:33 AM
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And colonization wouldnt necessarily destroy the martian enviroment. Terraforming would. But if there is no life on mars then its not an ecology at all, its just a bunch of rocks, so screw the greenies.


don't you mean the 'reddies'? ;)

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If you believe that humans are going to survive for another 3 billion years, you are off your rocker... I have my doubts about humanity outliving me....


did wolfy just admit his extra-terrestrial origins...? :blink:


has she ever read the 'mars' trilogy by stanley robinson? Geez, even before we get there some people are trying to protect it - i could understand it if they were there already and didnt fancy *their* environment fucked up for the benefit of earthers (and i would definitely concur with placing heavy industry in orbit instead of planetary environments), but had she really thought this through - what was the "sickness" - attributes of life itself? (i wonder if she agreed with the Agent in matrix1?).

silly moo.

(was she cute BTW? ;))
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post Jun 2 2006, 12:47 AM
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QUOTE(Lord Bitememan @ Jul 11 2004, 03:42 AM)
I had a discussion with a German girl one time who was an extreme environmentalist.  She felt that we should avoid interplanetary colonization to avoid "spreading our sickness to other worlds."  I wondered what U-P thought.
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Ever read the Mars series? It covers the philosophy that girl espouses. There is a conflict between "Red" Martians and "Green" Martians. Both make up large portions of the ruling group on Mars.
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post Jun 2 2006, 01:15 AM
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gee necro - thats the third mention of those books.

in fact, the post *just above* yours asked exactly the same thing!!!! :o
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