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[+] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -31 points 4 months ago (3 children)

We're not going to die from climate change. Screw up the environment? Sure. But humans have the capability to literally live in space, on the moon, and soon enough, mars.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 26 points 4 months ago

*while supported from Earth.

We don't have second Earth to be supported from.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Best of luck when earth is slightly less viable for crops and a couple billion starve.

But no we can temporarily not kill 4 or 5 people so we must be unkillable from anything

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Dude radiation from just being in space permanently damages your organs. They don’t even think we can survive the trip to mars, much less live there.