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We are insignificant flecks of nothing compared to the molton core of the earth.
Abject nothing.
At one point, climate change was dismissed based on the same logic.
Its worth thinking ahead and doing the math.
Yeah but this is just like, not understanding the scales and orders of magnitude we're talking about here.
I think you're not understanding how billionaires work. If energy gets cheap enough, the next Elon Musk will probably try to desolonate an ocean or change the Earth's rotation to get more sunlight through their favorite window in winter.
Like I read somewhere else on lemmy: "We have like 7 Lex Luthors and no Superman"