Doctor Cringelord
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Asteroid Mining May Be a Reality by 2025
I see this having great potential. Imagine if we could mine asteroids for resources like gold and water. The looming water shortage (whether our aquifers are drained in 10000 years or 100 years) is a scary prospect and I think we need to act now to sustain our growing population. Birth rates will probably level out, but advances in healthcare (barring a mass catastrophe or extreme rise in poverty leading to no access to healthcare) mean the population will still grow as people live longer.
I see this having great potential. Imagine if we could mine asteroids for resources like gold and water. The looming water shortage (whether our aquifers are drained in 10000 years or 100 years) is a scary prospect and I think we need to act now to sustain our growing population. Birth rates will probably level out, but advances in healthcare (barring a mass catastrophe or extreme rise in poverty leading to no access to healthcare) mean the population will still grow as people live longer.