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by stouset 758 days ago
Take out Earth, Mars, and Venus for good measure.

Whatever scattered remnants that are left of humanity hanging out in the asteroid belt are going to have a hell of a time finding food to eat or oxygen to breathe.

2 comments

Why?

Do you think they'll be reliant on planets for food an oxygen? That's daft — they will be growing their own food and mining their own oxygen.

Also, I doubt they will be "scattered remnants" — there's likely to eventually be a far larger population off-planet than on.

Oxygen is highly toxic for most materials. I'd expect advanced civilizations to avoid oxygen.