If we're not in such dire need of living space, why all the new homes?
And who’s permission do we seek to mine the moon once we develop the technology to do it efficiently? Have we decided who owns it, yet?
(, Fri 3 Jul 2020, 20:02, Reply)
You joke.
But in the 1970's the Clangers had already built a self sustaining moon colony, developed optics advanced enough to clearly observe human behaviour on earth on a person by person basis and constructed a fully self-aware robot chicken.
Understandably, they kept their defensive and military capabilities under wraps, but considering the advancements in technology they were openly demonstrating 50 years ago, it's safe to say that they'd be a considerable adversary in the 21st century. At the very least, I'd imagine they'd have a fully developed arsenal of Neutron Bombs and Gauss cannons.
(, Fri 3 Jul 2020, 20:32, Reply)
Luckily the chicken relocated to the US and had a comedy career.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mb23xZI3AWc
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Fri 3 Jul 2020, 20:51,
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'Living space' was a concept used to justify invading other countries and ethnic cleansing.
You're confusing it with the housing market, which is a much duller subject.
Trump has been doing his executive order shit wrt off-world mining rights, but I don't think they count for much internationally. There are lobbyists trying to get things codified in international law to establish prospecting rights but it's all quite vague and nebulous right now.
As China's interest in space grows I think we'll see the international community react faster with treaties and legislation. It will probably take China, Russia or the USA to just start mining the moon to force the issue.
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brb natural fistic, Fri 3 Jul 2020, 21:10,
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I'm not confusing anything. The housing market exists because there is demand.
These houses aren't staying empty. The excuses people historically used for invading other countries is completely irrelevant in this context.
We need more houses because our parents' houses are still inhabited by our parents at the time we generally decide to start our own family. These new builds don't lie empty. Christ, I live in one of the most sparsely populated areas of the UK, and there are people camping in the streets of new builds just to get a chance of a place on the waiting list.
We're having too many children at too young an age and then living too long. You can make any argument you like about other contributing factors to climate change, but that's what it all boils down to.
(, Fri 3 Jul 2020, 21:27, Reply)