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A City on Mars: Reality kills space settlement dreams
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Oh, right... that is what has stopped the Phony Starks from building capitalist Utopia in Antartica - it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it's utterly inhospitable to human civilization at all.
That and lack of exploitable resources, meaning a lack of capital. There's no shortage of capital for the modern space age.
Yeah... because Antarctica lacks water. And wind energy. And some of the most protein-rich waters on the planet.
Poor, poor Phony Starks... imagine being held back by legislation they could easily bribe into non-existence if they wanted!
We're not exactly hurting for water
This doesn't require building a civilization of any sort
Oh really?
I guess you're the kind of fantasist that believe they invent food at the supermarket, eh?
California is a localized problem, as all water shortages are, because we live on a fucking water planet.
Fishing does not require supermarkets. It requires driving a boat to where fish are, then driving home.
So... not like Mars?
And the boat will be useful on Mars because...?
You're talking about Antarctica. Pick a topic.
Soooo... you agree that Antarctica has tons of resources which Mars doesn't.
Remind me... which one is your hero Phony Stark planning to build his capitalist Utopia in again?