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Yeah, but how are we going to reheat and spin up the core?
Have you tried turning it off and on again /ducks to avoid projectiles
Apathy is on its way to winning.
(Don't tell Jen.)
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This should be enough for a colony though. With a recycling program it would probably last indefinitely. Much better than bringing the water from Earth.
Just bring the right kind of people and God will flood it.
If we could just pack up some of this extra CO2 & get it over there, maybe we'd have a new planet! I wonder how many PPM you'd need?
Yeah, but how are we going to reheat and spin up the core?
Which is about a millionth of the total water on Earth.
This should be enough for a colony though. With a recycling program it would probably last indefinitely. Much better than bringing the water from Earth.
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Yeah, but how are we going to reheat and spin up the core?
Why do we need that?
Without a spinning core, Earth would be like Mars.
Of course you can live in caves instead of trying to terraform Mars, but doesn't sound so fun.
Lake Superior has enough water to flood all of North and South America to almost one foot.
V Lake Superior / (306 * 10^12 * 365) = 26.86 years
About 27 years of entire US water supply assuming no water cycle. Now that I do the math (hopefully I didn't screw it up), I'm not sure that's a big number or a small one actually.
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Why do we need that?
Because a magnetic shield will prevent the solar winds from wiping your atmosphere. Without a spinning core, Earth would be like Mars. Of course you can live in caves instead of trying to terraform Mars, but doesn't sound so fun.