Michael Mann, a climate expert and Professor of Earth Sciences at Penn State University, said:
“I know Bezos has been looking for ways to leverage his immense wealth for the betterment of mankind. But I can’t help but wonder why these captains of technology always look away from the earth rather than towards it, when talking about confronting the challenges that face humanity,” he told The Independent.
“Mr Bezos, in explaining this venture, said ‘We are starting to bump up against the absolute true fact that earth is finite’. That is absolutely true, but space is not the answer to that challenge. There is no planet B, at least not one that is reachable on the timescales that are relevant here. What we truly need to do is decrease the rate of our exploitation of natural resources and the continued burning of fossil fuels that imperils human civilisation.”
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