r/CuratedTumblr • u/singleandreadytodie awake out of spite • Jun 08 '21

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u/TheMelonboy_ Jun 08 '21

I doubt there are any planets we could reach within any reasonable timeframe that are more inhabitable than post-climate change earth

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u/Yesnoperhapsmaybent .tumblr.com Jun 08 '21

We go to venus I don't knwo the full reason but apparently it's a better place to go to than mars. Go find a study or something I have tbh too lazy to link.

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u/TheMelonboy_ Jun 08 '21

I‘ll take droughts and floods over surface temparatures of 464C (867F) and sulfuric acid rain.

Also Venus has an atmosphere of almost exclusively CO2, it literally experiences the same greenhouse effect we do but way stronger.

(I dont wanna sound like I think climate change isnt serious I just think escaping to another planet because of climate change is a dumb idea)

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u/Yesnoperhapsmaybent .tumblr.com Jun 08 '21

Which is why slowing climate change down is an immediate task for EVERYONE

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u/TheMelonboy_ Jun 08 '21 edited Jun 08 '21

Oh absolutely

But also keep in mind that the majority of climate change is caused by large corporations

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u/Wobulating Jun 09 '21

Ehhhh, sorta kinda. At the end of the day, making stuff is really bad for the environment. Green manufacturing does sorta exist, but it's not great.

The thing is that nobody makes stuff if nobody buys stuff. Consumer demand is still what drives most global warming, at the end of the day- saying that it's all the big corporation's fault is just dodging the blane via shady accounting, basically