• bach37strad @lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There’s an episode of Star Trek TNG where the crew is briefly back on earth and capt Picard is enticed by the idea of taking a job where they do exactly this. They work on lifting a tectonic plate from the ocean floor to create a new continent.

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      I have a vague memory of that and I have a feeling it would be a massive ecological catastrophe.

      Then again, Earth had already gone through a nuclear war, so whatever.

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        I mean, two nuclear bombs were used in war and a bunch in testing, unless I’m forgetting something. I feel like tectonic activity could definitely be much worse than that, judging by the early earth environment.

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      Just like the Simpsons or XKCD, there’s always a relevant Star Trek episode. It’s unfortunate none of my friends have watched any.

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      S4E2. After the Borg incident Picard visits his brother and childhood home. Brief discussions of alternate life and career.

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        I believe the project in that episode was actually Atlantropa, a dam across the strait of Gibraltar to drain the entire Mediterranean sea.

        The idea was proposed in the 1920s and somewhat entertained by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.