BREAKING : scientists discover weaknesses in ice shelf holding back Antarctica’s 'doomsday' glacier suggesting it could shatter within the next 3 to 5 years— Ben See (@ClimateBen) December 13, 2021
Can someone give me good news? Maybe this is a fake story?
Has Elon bought up a bunch of arable land? I'm pretty sure Elon is that dumb, in the same way Trump is just as dumb as people think he is. They have a kind of self awareness but not enough that questioning themselves ever happens, they just insist a thing is true and their yes people agree.
It's not like the news would report "Elon just bought 200 acres of land". Bill gates had to buy 269,000 for them to report on it. For reference it takes 2.67 acres to sustain a person comfortably (US style diet). Maybe bump that up to 6 acres to account for inefficient use due to newbie farming skills.
Nobody is going to report on a billionaire buying the amount of land needed to sustain them, because it's just such a tiny amount of land that it's forgettable in comparison to everything else they do.
You could theoretically buy a hovel and store some canned sardines and lentils in there to last you 5 years. The food supply would cost only a couple thousand bucks. People's survival needs aren't expensive.
If you're just talking about a contingency plan, I don't think that implies Elon thinks he's wrong, just that he's hedging a bet. I'm sure you've read stuff about him back in the aughts etc but none of the accounts of him back then suggest to me that he's particularly grounded in reality.
there are two basic interpretations of the "mars" plan
humans will terraform mars and it'll become a major haven for human life. This is what some people unironically believe and it is obviously totally delusional.
humans will spend enormous amounts of money to create a base on mars or the moon
I think #2 is possible, and probably is what elon is trying to make happen or believes can happen. I don't think that's particularly unreasonable
Has Elon bought up a bunch of arable land? I'm pretty sure Elon is that dumb, in the same way Trump is just as dumb as people think he is. They have a kind of self awareness but not enough that questioning themselves ever happens, they just insist a thing is true and their yes people agree.
has he not?
It's not like the news would report "Elon just bought 200 acres of land". Bill gates had to buy 269,000 for them to report on it. For reference it takes 2.67 acres to sustain a person comfortably (US style diet). Maybe bump that up to 6 acres to account for inefficient use due to newbie farming skills.
Nobody is going to report on a billionaire buying the amount of land needed to sustain them, because it's just such a tiny amount of land that it's forgettable in comparison to everything else they do.
You could theoretically buy a hovel and store some canned sardines and lentils in there to last you 5 years. The food supply would cost only a couple thousand bucks. People's survival needs aren't expensive.
If you're just talking about a contingency plan, I don't think that implies Elon thinks he's wrong, just that he's hedging a bet. I'm sure you've read stuff about him back in the aughts etc but none of the accounts of him back then suggest to me that he's particularly grounded in reality.
there are two basic interpretations of the "mars" plan
humans will terraform mars and it'll become a major haven for human life. This is what some people unironically believe and it is obviously totally delusional.
humans will spend enormous amounts of money to create a base on mars or the moon
I think #2 is possible, and probably is what elon is trying to make happen or believes can happen. I don't think that's particularly unreasonable