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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Jul 2021

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    To be clear: earth is the only planet humans evolved on, the only planet that we can easily inhabit, the only home the vast majority of humanity will ever have. The top priority should be to keep it habitable for humanity and the natural world.https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1417545440241856520 …

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    b-boy bouiebaisseVerified account @jbouie
    peak capital brain to be able to imagine interstellar colonies for more and greater resource extraction but to be unable to imagine a more sustainable future on the planet we actually live on. https://twitter.com/QuintForgey/status/1417533460131074056 …
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      2. Lionel is Socially and Emotionally Distant‏ @lyledal 20 Jul 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Yeah, I'm with you here. Except, I'm pretty sure we can and should do both.

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      1. Yasu‏ @EacklesLedell 20 Jul 2021
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        It should be a priority to build space colonies, come on Jeet! Like, it has to be done eventually.

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      1. Smelodies‏ @SmelOdiesOG 20 Jul 2021
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        This should be common sense to everyone with an elementary school education in science.

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      1. mcdonald's morrigan sprite‏ @luxepunk 20 Jul 2021
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        it's incredibly funny to me that spacecolonists thing we'll be able to terraform the moon or mars, which would be orders of magnitude harder than just... terraforming the earth back to habitable levels!

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      1. tflatley‏ @tbflatley 20 Jul 2021
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        plus , maybe Serling knew something. leave the moon alonepic.twitter.com/mEV4P16dye

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      1. rdc‏ @ardeesee 20 Jul 2021
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        i don't mind hedging bets by planting seeds in space somewhere or whatever but the mindless assumption of more extraction seems to be a big problem!

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      1. Betty Perry-Fingal‏ @PerryFingal 20 Jul 2021
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        Not just humans, but all the life around us that allows us to live. What is Jeff going to eat in space?

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      2. 忍者の神 Marxist-Yeagerist ⌬‏ @delmoi 20 Jul 2021
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        His "heavily industry in space" thing is completely infeasible. You could potentially do it on Mars, but doing it on space-stations will be impossible because there's no way to get rid of excess heat, and also no gravity to use to move things around, pour things, etc.

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      3. Nazarré Merchant  🚴‏ @nazarre 20 Jul 2021
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        It's also infeasible on Mars - the soil contains irradiated perchlorates which effectively melt biological organisms in a couple minutes. The research is extensive and utterly unmentioned by the wide-eyed space fantasists, for obvious reasons.

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