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Originally Posted by roachboy
wouldn't it be easier for, say, states to encourage small-to-medium scale farming oriented (preferably) around sustainable practices and tied to small-to-medium scale distribution systems--as over against the over-reliance on centralized forms of production and distribution, which amount in the southern hemisphere to a continuation of colonial practices---wouldn't that be simpler than colonizing venus?
just wondering.
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Terraforming isn't about ease, it's about necessity. We're nowhere near there yet, but some day we might and when that day comes we'll be out there because we have to be out there. As much as I love the whole "explorer's spirit" theme in science fiction, when it does come to pass it will be something that we've forced ourselves to do.
Either that, or we'll be nuked by cylons. Whichever comes first.