Is WALL-E our A.I. future? Billionaires in orbit above dead earth?

[IA8IT]

[JBTaurus83]

1. Yes.

I know everyone wants to stick their head in the sand, but we’ve destroyed this planet. These rich people are not trying to get off of Earth for the fun of it.

[valleyrogue]

2. Somebody is reading too many scifi novels.

That is half--mostly--what is wrong with these tech bros.

The declining birthrates worldwide will be what will save the planet.

[dweller]

3. How about

Dead billionaires in orbit above a green Earth
Blast their carcasses into the Sun



✌🏻

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. i like that idea.

[sakabatou]

5. *sad Neuro-sama noises*

[hunter]

6. Nobody is going to be living in space when low earth orbit is full of deadly shrapnel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

[LudwigPastorius]

7. No, living in space sucks.

Now, heavily armed domed habitats on Earth...that is a possibility.

[ColoringFool]

8. Underground "bunkers," with amenities befitting billionaires.

[Justice matters.]

9. Bones decay in space.

In the microgravity environment of space, astronauts lose on average 1% to 2% of their bone mineral density every month. For a short-duration flight, bone loss is a fairly minor consequence. On a long-duration space flight, such as those planned for missions to Mars and beyond to Europa, bone loss could become a serious impediment.

[edhopper]

11. Also radiation

is a major problem

[edhopper]

10. You could spend hundreds of trillions

You would still not be able to build a sustainable space colony.