TED ESKİŞEHİR COLLEGE / 10-C
To Colonize or Not to Colonize Other Planets ?
Ada Doğa ARSLAN
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Colonizing other planets to save the resources ending on Earth has become a crucial topic . This subject mostly brings the question , “ Do we have the right to colonize other planets ?” to our minds . To answer whether we should colonize or not , we need to think about our reasons . To me , we don ’ t have adequate and valid reasons to colonize other planets .
Plenty of scientists believe that there ’ s only one solution for humanity to survive , and that ’ s to move to another planet or colonize them . For instance , one of the most famous physicists Michio Kaku states : “ Either we must leave the Earth or we will perish .” However , the obscurity of other life forms living on those planets makes this decision take a non-ethical turn . If there are any other life forms , colonizing their planet would mean turning them into slaves . Not only the lack of materials but also expenses make this harder to achieve .
On the other hand , this crisis is caused by humans ruining the earth by polluting it and using sources inconsistently . Even though this topic comes out due to human actions , we are still debating about our right to ruin another planet . The consumption of natural sources is not something we can stop but our ways of consuming them can make a difference . Besides that , there ’ s no explanation for polluting the Earth .
To sum up , colonizing another planet can save humanity because of the need for natural sources . However , whether this is ethical or not should be discussed . Also , if we consider humans as the cause of this crisis , destroying another planet would be wrong .