Like a bunch of people go to mars or the moon while the rest of humanity is instructed to clean up pollution and waste.
What if humanity left Earth to have people clean it while they’re gone?
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Like a bunch of people go to mars or the moon while the rest of humanity is instructed to clean up pollution and waste.
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Pretty sure similar movies have been made about this, good luck with the revolution of the left behind
Who’s going to clean up Mars/Moon afterwards?
I don’t think they would get their planet back. That would be the perfect time for aliens to come steal earth from under us, cheep.
Sounds like humanity didn’t leave earth
We’d have to get saved be a robot because he has a boner for another robot
Sending a bunch of people away doesn’t affect the cleanup in any meaningful way.
Also given people are producing pollution and waste, merely instructing them to clean it up, won’t achieve anything. The fancy thing about waste is, not only is it easy to create and hard to clean up – most cleanup produces more waste and pollution.
Or maybe they leave Earth by going into hibernation underground, to give Earth time to recover.
Wall-E?
So where we going?
Filipinas would be furious
You’d get a hit Pixar movie. . .
Most humans aren’t in good enough health to survive the trip. Those who did survive would return with permanently damaged kidneys and probably cancer from the cosmic radiation. So we should clean up after ourselves.
It sounds like a sci-fi dream to send people off-planet and have a whole crew dedicated just to clean up Earth. But I can’t help but think, why wait to round people up and send them to space? Cleaning efforts and environmental innovation aren’t really limited to the number of people around. Let’s be real; humans are super creative. There are so many amazing solutions and technologies being developed right now to help clean our oceans, reduce emissions, and tackle waste. And we don’t need to downsize Earth to get this done. I actually see more and more people waking up to the need for small, sustainable habits—like ditching single-use plastics or hopping on bikes instead of cars. It might not be as efficient and exhilarating as sending people to space, but it’s real-world stuff that’s actionable now. I’d be down to go to space for a bit, sure—but jumping into creative solutions here just seems less extreme—and way more doable at the moment, you know? But still, imagining human life on Mars is pretty cool. Something to think about, though.
Um I believe there are movies and even videogames about this. They always rebel and win.
There are points in space that are gravitational stable. Put space station there, and it stays put. All humanity could live at these points. We could make Earth a park we visit.
launching that many people into space would absolutely destroy the atmosphere.
But we could definitely clean up the planet without launching people in space …
What are you going to sterilize the people left behind so that they don’t take over the planet?
What are you going to sterilize the people left behind so that they don’t take over the planet?
haha clean up pollution, that is a good one my dude, also humanity in your scenario did not leave earth, only the scumbags that do not want to contribute did
You mean like with a broom and a dustpan?
People = humanity = people.
Unless you want everyone to buy a bunch of Roombas to leave behind before they shuttle off to Mars?
Humans are ppl?
So wall-E ?
Then 2 little robots fall in love and have this weird montage with fire extinguishers flying around the ship and something about a knock of HAL 9000
“instructed” ?
Better to leave robots behind to do all the cleaning instead, like in Wall-E, but have actual humans to frequently come and check on the progress, and course-correct where its needed.
Probably need to start small with like an island, test out the concept, expand to a country, then 2 countries simultaneously … really iron out the details of the project at scale before going all in with the global scale cleanup.
I honestly think it would work wonderfully, despite of how the idea has been portrayed in Wall-E.
Where would humanity go?!