Greetings Asgardians of the Technology sub-forum.

TV celebrity and English physicist Brian Cox recently announced his take, on a solution to Australia's energy crisis. He claims that simply cutting back on electricity usage in households is not enough, and neither is the commissions for extra power plants to be constructed. Cox goes on to say that “There’s enough metal, metals, in the asteroid belt to build a skyscraper 8000 stories tall and cover the earth in it... Essentially, an unlimited amount of resources [sit] there in the asteroids." To expand our reach beyond the confines of our own planet and into celestial bodies within our Solar System, and become a "multi-planetary civilisation" we will need to shift our focus from just staying a single planet into a focus on a perspective that involves everything within our Solar System.

Full Blog Post: NEW VISION FOR HUMANITY: EARTH TO BECOME A RESIDENTIAL PLANET FOR FUTURE HUMAN CIVILISATIONS.

What are your thoughts on making Earth a residential planet in the future? I personally believe it's a great idea to move our heavy manufacturing plants and heavy polluter factories off the planet and onto asteroids or moons. Would love to know everyone's thoughts on this topic.