2016-05-04, 06:40 PM
Marksman Bryan Wrote:As far as I can tell, we have already passed the point of no return in regards to climate change. Our lack of action and lack of wanting to take action has been going on for far too long. To be clear, the horrible, terrible things I refer to probably won't happen soon - maybe in a few decades we'll start to see major effects. It'll be a very slow process, with the worst outcomes possibly happening past our lifetimes. Which is a reason I think many use to not care -- it won't affect them, so it's a future generations' problem.
That said, I think the next best course of action for humanity in general (with or without devastating climate change) is to pursue space exploration. I've changed my field of studies to be in line with the space industry, both because I think it is the most important endeavor for mankind and because it's fucking space and space is cool as pomegranate.
To be fair, climate science is so enormously complicated that it's very difficult to say what the point of no return is. There are literally too many variables in a very chaotic system. I like to think we still have a chance, especially if we actually focus on solving the problem.
Space will always be my first love but there's no way in hell an exodus is going to keep humanity from going extinct. Earth-like conditions are far to rare and if large scale terraforming were possible we would just do it to fix Earth. Without an FTL breakthrough (lol), escape is not an option. You're better off trying to ask Aliens for help (praying).
Bernie's got my vote because the entire political system is corrupt and he's the only one talking about fixing it. Trump's cult of personality is a symptom of the disease. What we need is a widespread grass roots movement to neuter the party political power and reform our voting system into something populist where elected officials actually represent their constituents. Space colonization is starting to look more likely.