it could replace natural gas as a fuel for gasplants when other sustainable sources are not producing enough (like windmills etc etc)

that would be the same as we did with dumping gasses in the atmosphere for 200 years eventuallt it catches up to you, there needs to be a solution for it.

Can we not just discharge the brine back into the ocean? I don't really have an idea of the scale we would be dealing with but my gut tells me it's difficult to remove enough water from an area to significantly change the salinity. There's just a mind boggling amount of water out there

We just need to ask the aliens who were downed in Northern Canada and Lake Huron and ask them how they do it.

its almost like we figured it out over 100 years ago when the idea was invented..............

Maybe life is common in the universe but intelligent life (as we define it) is rare, just like here on earth.

How are you defining degeneracy? Is this even a useful concept?

You can't enjoy the porcelainian chocolate

that was how it was in the 19th century, there were some issues back then and they were nationalised

So you are specifically talking about a time period in which decisions gradually shift overtime. Why? You can not control anything that happens anyway. Well see when it comes. There is a lot more to worry about than what if we would be in a future where this or this would be the topic of conversation. That’s a lot of guess work and seems like a lot of wasted energy. It’s as if you say 10 years back I see Facebook now let’s all think how to guide the social structure towards a more accepting online culture towards coming out of the closet when your are gay. while we have cancel culture, 20 genders, body dysphormia, fake news etc etc. So 1 you do not know the details of the problems 2 you do not know if it will happen 3 you can never guess what will happen when and you will be wrong, looking for an old metric in a sea of a million new variables. I like the mental gymnastics and do it myself as well but ur kinda throwing a needle in a haystack and ask people to be on the same path as you.

No just making up an example to say we have that exact possibility right now and the system as a whole still “works.” There will always be people who opt out of the gene pool. Technology doesn’t change that. But getting into peoples private lives isnt somthing we should be doing if it doest affect the broader population in a harmful way. If social media is so addictive no one is having sex, you dont force people to procreate, you regulate social media.

Hardly. The bigger the system the larger your buffers can be. You are talking about trying to keep people alive in a hab the size of ISS and with I guess just a few hours worth of surplus oxygen.

A multi kilometer long hab with isolated grow machines (so toxins etc can't cause them all to fail) and months worth of food water and oxygen stored in tanks, and redundant power, and redundant manufacturing, and a few other hand nearby within a reasonable travel distance with enough population cap to house refugees... would be much more stable.

Imagine being paid a physicist's salary to come up with this shit.

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Actually, you are arguing that standards you disagree with are degenerate. It is a subjective emotional argument and as such not really useful.

Tell me what the objects were in the sky that we shot down before you get to this...

And so what if everyone decides to not have kids? Do you advocate forced births in order to, what? There is no objective reason to keep humanity going just to keep it going.

Maybe that’s all you are

I don't think we're communicating on a foundation of common values here.

These labels of innocuous things as degenerate, depraved, abomination, ect. are severely problematic.

Futurism is exciting, but you need a strong base in human history to get a feel for where we're going. If you think the future should be defined by stifling innovation under some form of central cultural authorities, then I'm not sure you have a good understanding of Humanity's trend towards self-determination.

The most successful, stable, and innovative cultures will be the least oppressive. The role of a state in modern, let alone future times should be to protect individual liberties wherever possible, not curtail them.

Traditional group think and monoculturalism is a system of violence against those who don't fit the mold, and will lead to stagnation and revolution.

Still waiting for them to wrap that one up

Aliens also hypothetically use ice planets as giant freezers. They'll just throw a bunch of food onto the surface and let it freeze there until they need it later.

Balderdash everyone knows they ride pickled herring vast distances across the cosmos in the blink of an eye to avoid spoilage