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We could feed one million people living in colonies on Mars
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| Wednesday, September 25, 2019
| Erika K. Carlson |
Posted on 09/25/2019 7:58:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Monty knows how...
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posted on
09/25/2019 7:58:13 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Using solar power, right?
No coal. No fossil fuels. No nuclear power. No wind farms. No dams.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:00:53 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: BenLurkin
Can I pick a few hundred of them?
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:01:45 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
To: BenLurkin
Apart from bugs to work the soil, there is no reason to import insects to a new space.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:03:04 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: BenLurkin
All aboard, Democrats! One way trip for free!
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:03:47 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: a fool in paradise
Im sure there would be coyotes bringing illegals to Mars to vote in Mars elections, and to do jobs Martians wont be willing to do. (sarc)
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:04:00 PM PDT
by
TonyM
(Score Event)
To: TonyM
You move to a commune on Mars and you would be property of “the State”. Every comrade would be expect to “pull his weight” on the farm. You “resist” and you are cast out into a harsh environment on your own.
You would be dependent on them for your very oxygen you breathe, every drop of water. Every crumb of food.
No thanks.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:07:22 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: BenLurkin
No magnetic field protecting them from cosmic rays, almost no atmosphere, very little water, for several years you would be solely reliant on billion dollar resupply rockets from earth for everything.
What could go wrong?
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:08:14 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
To: a fool in paradise
Yet they will bring bedbugs with them.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:10:49 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: a fool in paradise
Maybe we could send all the liberals there. Most of them would be thrown out of the airlock in a week.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:10:51 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
All homes would be sub-martian, so it would actually be quite sustainable as long as you had bioengineered algae to turn your CO2 to O2 and a water source.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:13:09 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: a fool in paradise
All power on this planet is derived from solar because the sun is the only energy producer (nuclear fusion). It takes a long time for the sun to grow plants that are eaten by animals that die and become biomass that eventually turns into oil. Much faster to turn photons directly into electron flow.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:15:18 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: BenLurkin
Maybe we feed bugs and algae to all the starving people on Earth first to see if it works. Would be a hell of a project and it would save millions of lives.
I like to point out whenever possible that if science can make Mars livable, science can probably also do the same with Earth, and we already have people here to staff the projects.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:16:35 PM PDT
by
jz638
To: jz638
The man behind the study wants to do that.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:23:59 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Rastus
There are 160 million democrats in the country. 1 million is not going to make a difference.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:24:39 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.)
To: entropy12
Well, if we send them all..and there is only enough food for 1 million the problem solves itself.
The ones left will have to work their asses off, so they will come back as conservatives.
To: BenLurkin
With bugs, algae and other resource-efficient foods
If you bring potato beetles I will kill you.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:36:25 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
To: BenLurkin
Stuoidest thing I ever read.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:42:12 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: a fool in paradise
“Bugs’’ pollinate plants that we eat and planets we feed to live stock that we eat. You can not exist as a carbon based life form without bugs.
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:53:33 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
To: BenLurkin
Riiiight. Hey scientists, figure out how global warming always pushes its self out 10 years!
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:59:30 PM PDT
by
Bommer
(2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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