(August 20, 2015 at 5:45 am)Napoléon Wrote:(August 20, 2015 at 4:41 am)excitedpenguin Wrote: Wikipedia tells us in 600 million years or so there will be no plants left. Yes, we would all die of depression because we wouldn't be able to water any plants anymore.
Well, you know what they say about Wikipedia...
Anyway, 600 million years is a long while, I wouldn't say it's an absolute necessity to look for another home in the 22nd century unless we really continue fucking things up on Earth that much, although I'd like to see us exploring the stars, I'd say it'll be another few hundred years at least before we find a new planet to live on. And that's being very optimistic IMO.
If I'm being alert it's because I'm thinking of how difficult it would be to find a viable planet in a different solar system and then travel to it. We would have to put our society in order and start focusing as a global society on advancing science and techonology if we ever hope to make it - that's what I think. We would also have to get rid of mass stupidity, educate everyone, feed everyone - basically make life liveable, comfortable and nice for everybody just so much more people could contribute to the advancement of our civilization.
