How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)

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  • @kurzgesagt
    @kurzgesagt  3 роки тому +9572

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  • @iamnotaballer1216
    @iamnotaballer1216 3 роки тому +11631

    “It might be easier than you think.”
    It was in fact a lot harder than I had originally thought.

    • @sibanbgd100
      @sibanbgd100 3 роки тому +511

      @J Silva Yes, using a totally new technology that let's us control matter at a fundemental level would be better... Video ends there, good luck inventing and getting Nobel prizes.

    • @iapetus6110
      @iapetus6110 3 роки тому +108

      @J Silva i mean , your excistence is also crap too

    • @WhiteWolfos
      @WhiteWolfos 3 роки тому +71

      @J Silva yes something like multiple fission bombs that cool the planet quickly and secondary
      waves that eats CO2 and converts to oxygen such as modyfied stubborn algae. The solar blocking part is also a doable idea since not much material is needed and can help control temperatures. That can probably cut time by several centuries.

    • @dabo7791
      @dabo7791 3 роки тому +5

      LoL

    • @dylanmurray5669
      @dylanmurray5669 3 роки тому +59

      @@WhiteWolfos The nuclear bombs are analogous the the mirror, they just block sunlight. They wouldn't work as well on Venus because the atmosphere is already incredibly dense, and not much of the debris from the explosion would be able to block sunlight. Earth would only cool from a nuclear weapon because of what it was able to destroy, whether that be a city, or forest, or caused fires that continued to burn down more things, it is really only the massive amounts of smoke and gas from that which causes the earth to cool because it blocks sunlight. The mirror is the most effective way of doing this.
      I think an actual plausible idea they may have not realized was that you can begin terraforming with bacteria pretty early on, in the upper atmosphere of Venus. This could mean making huge balloons that carry large amounts of water filled with cyanobacteria to begin removing CO2 even before the planet has cooled on the surface. You could also just introduce a GMO cyanobacteria to the clouds of Venus themselves. I'm not a chemist or a biologist, so I cant really say this would be entirely possible as they may be issues with reproduction of the bacteria, or the acidic environment in the clouds may just be too great even for a heavily modified cyanobacteria.

  • @ShortHax
    @ShortHax 3 роки тому +106971

    Bruh, if we can turn any planet into Earth, than why can’t we turn Earth back into Earth?

    • @ErwinSmith001
      @ErwinSmith001 3 роки тому +20580

      Sad reality of today,people keep worrying about colonizing Mars but trust me it will turn into another garbage site once we'll get there

    • @do4814
      @do4814 3 роки тому +6710

      people..

    • @bag3lmonst3r72
      @bag3lmonst3r72 3 роки тому +6797

      Wow deep af

    • @elextroblaze
      @elextroblaze 3 роки тому +1308

      Why are you everywhere. You literally commented so early

    • @rifkyfahrana1141
      @rifkyfahrana1141 3 роки тому +5305

      Remember. Earth is not fucked. The people are

  • @somert170
    @somert170 3 роки тому +924

    Tutorials on youtube are reaching a whole new level

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 3 роки тому +1

      of stupidity! Please don't believe this rot!

    • @shitass1394
      @shitass1394 3 роки тому +6

      lmfao

    • @dubbyy_
      @dubbyy_ 3 роки тому

      Me Here what about the video is stupid

    • @cauahalley648
      @cauahalley648 3 роки тому +11

      @@mehere8038 But that's actually true lmao. We just need a little better technology.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 3 роки тому +3

      ​@@dubbyy_ amounts of nitrogen on earth & venus are the same, there's no reason to remove any from Venus
      Amounts of carbon and oxygen on earth & venus are the same, the difference is just that they're in gaseous form on venus. Removing anything screws the whole planet up! It was once earth like, to make it earth like again, we just need to add back the hydrogen that is light & has drifted off into space & then put the CO2 back into it's solid C & H2O forms & leave some of the oxygen free in the air.
      Or to put it another way, if we build cloud cities there now with our current tech & retain all waste from all plants/crops we grow as charcoal or carbon fibre, then pretty soon the terraforming will begin happening anyway & the cloud cities that naturally float at the habitable altitude of earth like pressure & temperature, will slowly begin to float lower & lower until they touchdown on the surface & with the addition of hydrogen from a gas giant, we can make oceans with the excess oxygen.
      Not that we would want to terraform anyway, since the planet takes 8 months to complete a single day cycle, so 4 months of dark, whereas in the clouds the winds act as artificial rotation giving a 4 earth day cycle & unlimited solar & wind power, with an always on industrial high pressure furnace below that we can lower things into to cheaply & easily create carbon fibre, diamonds etc etc without needing any fossil fuels to do it
      This video's just ridiculous with it's removing CO2 in it's heaviest form before importing H2O in it's heaviest form & then ignoring that once the carbon's gone the forests aren't even possible, while it both exported & imported oxygen for no reason!

  • @Andi-ms3dw
    @Andi-ms3dw 10 місяців тому +1398

    Kurzgesagts favorite things to do:
    1: Using mass drivers
    2: Shooting things to space
    3: Using mass drivers to shoot things to space

    • @swelltgd6975
      @swelltgd6975 9 місяців тому +88

      4: disassemble mercury

    • @arvin6883
      @arvin6883 9 місяців тому +45

      5: using mass drivers to shoot things into space that can disassemble mercury

    • @swelltgd6975
      @swelltgd6975 9 місяців тому +34

      6: using space tethers to catch the disassembled parts of mercury.

    • @Armed_Insurgent
      @Armed_Insurgent 9 місяців тому +36

      7. kill birds in every video

    • @Bluepikminproductions
      @Bluepikminproductions 9 місяців тому +23

      8. Giant mirrors

  • @owenhopkins4239
    @owenhopkins4239 3 роки тому +1046

    “How it took hundreds of years to freeze hell…”
    Good line.

    • @QuokkaWaka
      @QuokkaWaka 3 роки тому +10

      Honestly very metal

    • @cop9743
      @cop9743 3 роки тому +3

      Mars is easier to teraform it already has ice we need to melt it
      How? It's easier to heat up than cool down, Mars is cold we need to do global warming to Mars put our CO2 current emmisions there it will help Mars have atmosphere and heat up melt the ice to a liquid water do the same thing bacteria CO2 feeding etc

    • @neuratlas
      @neuratlas 3 роки тому +1

      This just reminds of the tf2 comics

    • @kofi3124
      @kofi3124 3 роки тому +2

      @@cop9743 let's just terraform both! :D

    • @user-bl8pw6cn2d
      @user-bl8pw6cn2d 3 роки тому

      @@neuratlas which one

  • @defendthehouse
    @defendthehouse 3 роки тому +17659

    1:26 Jesus lads that's the most violent execution of a Kurzgesagt bird yet.

  • @LavaCreeperPeople
    @LavaCreeperPeople 3 роки тому +4795

    this should be a series of terraforming every planet in the solar system

    • @samsizer2919
      @samsizer2919 3 роки тому +421

      Only Mars and sort of Venus are doable.
      Saturn's moon of Titan is my top candidate. We could walk around on its surface right now if we could avoid freezing to death and with an oxygen mask.

    • @Mrcake0103
      @Mrcake0103 3 роки тому +147

      Isaac Arthur already did this. Colonizing/terraforming every major noteworthy body in the solar system.

    • @reignergaming1801
      @reignergaming1801 3 роки тому +221

      "How to terraform earth"

    • @michaelgutin925
      @michaelgutin925 3 роки тому +162

      @@reignergaming1801 lmao this is what I think about whenever people start talking about terraforming another planet, like uh how about we "terraform" our own planet to how it was less then a hundred years ago first and then start planning about other planets

    • @poppysmoke1876
      @poppysmoke1876 3 роки тому +2

      Yes

  • @NeptuneTraveler
    @NeptuneTraveler 23 дні тому +21

    This will take a while and lots of work / injuries or casualties, but a planet without mosquitos? Worth it.

    • @PaulKho-h1h
      @PaulKho-h1h 13 днів тому

      We got one. It's called the great indoor. 😅😅

    • @SamsungGalaxyM135g-n4f
      @SamsungGalaxyM135g-n4f 8 днів тому

      Mosquitoes play a huge role in our ecosystem,they even balance the biggest parasite on Earth,Um Hoomans.

    • @AnOriginalBreakfast
      @AnOriginalBreakfast 2 дні тому

      until we find something on venus a whole lot worse than mosquitos

    • @PaulKho-h1h
      @PaulKho-h1h 2 дні тому

      @@AnOriginalBreakfast Hmm. Maybe we should keep a lookout for bees and hornets. 🐝🪲

  • @lrknm
    @lrknm 3 роки тому +2256

    Well, that’s a relief. I’d hate to have to terraform Venus SLOWLY.

    • @joe_mama_
      @joe_mama_ 3 роки тому +39

      We should just do it quickly

    • @Basman222
      @Basman222 3 роки тому +4

      I liked so you can have 69 likes. Nice

    • @annidromeda
      @annidromeda 3 роки тому +7

      You need to go fast?
      (plays Eurobeat)

    • @Raygo.
      @Raygo. 3 роки тому +13

      For real... you might have to settle for veneriforming Earth quickly. Fortunately we're going gangbusters on that one.

    • @ruwanithanuja3798
      @ruwanithanuja3798 3 роки тому

      Yes because of the time taken it's not an ideal solution

  • @CaramidaDeCasa
    @CaramidaDeCasa 3 роки тому +33011

    that co2 moon will probably be used to make coke and other drinks

    • @sivagolla7635
      @sivagolla7635 3 роки тому +842

      *Yeah... Probably...*

    • @slavicnonatho8062
      @slavicnonatho8062 3 роки тому +2356

      *silence, verified youtuber*

    • @w.t.5136
      @w.t.5136 3 роки тому +738

      Why cant people just drink water stop putting liquid cancer into your bodies because of hedonist tendencies

    • @lastdolphinator4033
      @lastdolphinator4033 3 роки тому +2177

      @@w.t.5136 silence health nerd

    • @cosmodian6492
      @cosmodian6492 3 роки тому +52

      Why tho?

  • @NindTheMagnificent
    @NindTheMagnificent 3 роки тому +3120

    Thanks for the tutorial; can’t wait to try this out myself.

  • @GarageEingineering
    @GarageEingineering 8 місяців тому +86

    "Hey guys we have a problem with getting stuff into space cheaply"
    Kurzesagt: 😏

  • @Kevroa1
    @Kevroa1 3 роки тому +3762

    “Might not be as hard as you think”
    **Creates multiple planet-sized mirrors and harvests another planet's moon by flinging its contents across space**

    • @tarod3
      @tarod3 3 роки тому +82

      Right!?
      They need a grey goo to just farm oxygen from the crust

    • @expendablejay9416
      @expendablejay9416 3 роки тому +63

      Yea the mirror is big problem Joe Scott covered it in a video

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 3 роки тому +25

      The easiest way is probably to find a large medorite made of calcium and shot it at the planet to fix the carbon levels and we can do the same thing for nitrogen though different elements.

    • @kimilsung2608
      @kimilsung2608 3 роки тому +81

      Can't expect that teraforming planets will be easy

    • @hambos
      @hambos 3 роки тому +9

      Ikr, like how harder can it be?

  • @richardsplett
    @richardsplett 3 роки тому +3153

    "Another obvious solution..." - proceeds to explain shooting ice back and forth between Venus and Europa lol

    • @synthetic8397
      @synthetic8397 3 роки тому +18

      The moon still be a better place

    • @10xyzYT
      @10xyzYT 3 роки тому +21

      This is THE BEST WAY! HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE ALMIGHTY ONE STANDING RIGHT THERE MAKING THESE VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @synthetic8397
      @synthetic8397 3 роки тому +2

      @@10xyzYT this earth person said space people will think that the earth person will believe whatever the space person say's and I'm like u mean someone who studies Astro physics 🤨😑😐😣😭
      Fuck Money
      And earth people

    • @synthetic8397
      @synthetic8397 3 роки тому +2

      He said y can't we turn earth back inta earff

    • @maurygonzalez1969
      @maurygonzalez1969 3 роки тому +1

      🤣

  • @zhangalex734
    @zhangalex734 3 роки тому +588

    Moral of the story: Mass drivers are awesome, we should start building one today

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ 3 роки тому +10

      Why today? Why not **right now?**

    • @Gabriel87100
      @Gabriel87100 3 роки тому

      We need our own Vincent Harling.

    • @LovelyCenturibear
      @LovelyCenturibear 3 роки тому

      I smell Reaper.

    • @reachtrev69
      @reachtrev69 3 роки тому +3

      I don't think they are efficient in atmosphere with current technology, unless something changed from the last time we tried.

    • @erikjohnson9075
      @erikjohnson9075 3 роки тому

      You know that guns can be considered mass drivers right? Lol

  • @stillbrian9448
    @stillbrian9448 11 місяців тому +37

    I'll be sure to keep this video in mind when I go about terraforming planets

  • @zdubdub5707
    @zdubdub5707 3 роки тому +274

    "A slightly more ambitious future version of us could take this project on"
    5 minutes later
    "LETS CATCH A MOON"

    • @dwaynezilla
      @dwaynezilla 3 роки тому +1

      well on a galactic scale it's basically just throwing some dust around which is basically the same as we're doing now (nothing)

  • @samus159
    @samus159 3 роки тому +3679

    The phrase "We froze hell and shipped in the oceans" just fills me with such hope for what future human civilizations could accomplish

    • @harbour2118
      @harbour2118 3 роки тому +164

      Actually sounds a bit badass out of this video's context.

    • @theocff5842
      @theocff5842 3 роки тому +117

      too bad we'll spend the rest of our time bickering about land, money and religion

    • @harbour2118
      @harbour2118 3 роки тому +65

      @@theocff5842 Yeah... But that's what makes us human.

    • @bk5265
      @bk5265 3 роки тому +45

      The fact that we're still killing each other senselessly doesn't really show promise to our civilisation, even if that means the venue has changed lol.

    • @gordo8354
      @gordo8354 2 роки тому +22

      @@bk5265 senseless violence is a byproduct of sentience. One is not separable from the other

  • @rib_rob_personal
    @rib_rob_personal 3 роки тому +320

    Honestly never thought about creating a moon to store resources. It gives me fun sci-fi ideas.

    • @mtramos3727
      @mtramos3727 3 роки тому +4

      sometimes I have thoughts about making another moon on earth to lower the planet's gravity just a little bit so we could run faster, jump higher and etc, I know this idea have it's problems but it's something fun to think about

    • @christiangarcia4925
      @christiangarcia4925 3 роки тому +3

      MiB 3 did it first although it's not resources. They presented Lunar Max, a max detention prison facility.

    • @matthewlacey4198
      @matthewlacey4198 3 роки тому +1

      @@mtramos3727 but we'd only be doing those things relative to the new lower gravity, it would just be the new norm, rather than a superhuman ability, cool idea tho, an artificial moon

  • @mrpjetrov378
    @mrpjetrov378 Рік тому +167

    The Sun: I am dying and expanding
    Humanity: Best time to Venus terraform

    • @CodyMapping
      @CodyMapping 9 місяців тому +44

      The Sun will only become a Red Giant when we're long gone anyway. The few hundreds to thousands of years of terraforming Venus is nothing compared to the time that the Sun will become a red giant..

    • @rexperverziff
      @rexperverziff 8 місяців тому +8

      @@CodyMappingwhen the sun dies we would have already travelled to another star system if it is possible

    • @joey26784
      @joey26784 7 місяців тому

      The Sun won't suddenly just become a red giant, it would gradually expand, making Venus unterraformable(i think i just made a new word) much earlier than The sun becoming a red giant.
      But still Venus becoming completely hopeless would also happen after a really long time, giving humans enough time to maybe move Venus and Earth away.
      If humans ever settle on Venus, I can see it happening like a 70,000 years earlier than Venus' complete inhabitability so after settling they would realise the problem at hand and would frantically try to move Venus away. Earth would also need to move by then due to gradual increase in temperature and maybe they would first move Venus as kind of a test project to see whether it is even possible and then move Earth as a bigger project.

    • @joey26784
      @joey26784 7 місяців тому

      hmm after much much much much longer, the Sun would implode, but by then maybe Humanity would have moved to another star system by then 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @joshgrove1042
      @joshgrove1042 7 місяців тому +2

      Sun is going to burn off that atmosphere

  • @krisirk
    @krisirk 3 роки тому +1469

    My Manager: I want it Terraformed by tomorrow morning.

    • @TamWam_
      @TamWam_ 3 роки тому +24

      lmao true

    • @fluke7506
      @fluke7506 3 роки тому +7

      Too true

    • @M4V3RiCkU235
      @M4V3RiCkU235 3 роки тому +13

      Yesterday ! Is not done yet ?!

    • @jama211
      @jama211 3 роки тому +3

      Before you go home!

    • @Ramzuiv
      @Ramzuiv 3 роки тому +2

      I'm with your manager on this one

  • @TheCornDog.
    @TheCornDog. 3 роки тому +2178

    Kurzgesagt: "Terraforming Venus is easier than you think"
    Also Kurzgesagt: "Lets move all the Ice from Europa to Venus"

    • @oghuzkhan6136
      @oghuzkhan6136 3 роки тому +63

      Which only that work will take decades of years. Ez right?

    • @NotMichaelEither
      @NotMichaelEither 3 роки тому +148

      Also lets make a bunch of mirrors that are the size of our planet, Ez right?

    • @akromimubarok6626
      @akromimubarok6626 3 роки тому +11

      @@NotMichaelEither or just make rocket thurster to move venus to earth orbit

    • @zekeviews
      @zekeviews 3 роки тому +47

      y DonT wE taKE BikIni boTtoM n PusH it SoMewhEre ElsE

    • @MindForgedManacle
      @MindForgedManacle 3 роки тому +32

      @@NotMichaelEither the mirrors wouldn't need to be the size of the planet, placing one set closer to the sun means the size requirement decreases significantly

  • @Kiwi2703
    @Kiwi2703 3 роки тому +626

    "it might be easier than you think"
    *proceeds to talk about how insanely difficult it would be*

  • @eggmon420
    @eggmon420 11 місяців тому +13

    I love imagining people in the future watching while trying to terraform Venus like “wait, what did it say to do next?”

  • @metricleader8243
    @metricleader8243 3 роки тому +1456

    Kurzgesagt: "Terraforming Venus is easier than you think"
    Kurzgesagt at the end of the video:
    Well actually no

    • @slowrideen5852
      @slowrideen5852 3 роки тому +3

      Wow mind blown, ( didn't know people where so, STUPID!)

    • @Mogey21
      @Mogey21 3 роки тому +3

      @@slowrideen5852 wdym?

    • @josechavez2521
      @josechavez2521 3 роки тому +7

      @@slowrideen5852 Where? Ironic, calling people stupid.

    • @grizzlybear2702
      @grizzlybear2702 3 роки тому +2

      Imagine if you found the soviet venera probe

    • @athan13590
      @athan13590 3 роки тому +16

      Almost impossible is better than completely impossible last time I checked.

  • @q45ij54q
    @q45ij54q 3 роки тому +3815

    Kurzgesagt: "Terraforming Venus just might be easier than you think!"
    Narrator: "It wasn't."

    • @budakhan79
      @budakhan79 3 роки тому +87

      Seriously. Mars seems a lot easier to terraform than Venus but unfortunately it’s gravity is too weak; an attribute that can’t be changed. A weak gravity is highly destructive to our bodies.

    • @aristocat3012
      @aristocat3012 3 роки тому +18

      This kinda feels like an Oversimplified joke

    • @rogerm567
      @rogerm567 3 роки тому +2

      @@aristocat3012 there trying to not oversimplify too many things!

    • @rogerm567
      @rogerm567 3 роки тому +23

      @@budakhan79 I 100% agree but less gravity is bad spending 1 year in space equals having back pain for 10 years as a senior citizen Mars and Earth have a narrow travel window every two years and with current spacecraft technology it takes you 7 entire months to get the Mars and to colonize Mars for a small Outpost it needs a constant Supply of resources Parts nuclear Fuel and Crews from Earth and the Mars dust is much finer than Earth's dust which makes it able to get through with vents and sneak its way into the electronics and gears of all our machines and since it's very dry it's electrostatically charged which makes it stick to metal including the metal of space suits and the dust is made of very toxic pure chlorine salt's which makes it deadly I never do sunbathing on Mars surface for three years because you get 50 times the radiation you feel on Earth from UV rays x-rays gamma rays and cosmic rays no magnetic field equals that you'll be exposed to cosmic rays!

    • @aristocat3012
      @aristocat3012 3 роки тому +9

      @@rogerm567 i thought the line "it wasn't" was making an Oversimplified joke, as that line was used in one of his videos. Oversimplified is a youtube channel.

  • @Lavamar
    @Lavamar 3 роки тому +39939

    I just realized: We could CHOOSE to not bring mosquitos to our new planet

    • @cristianfernandezrodriguez9077
      @cristianfernandezrodriguez9077 3 роки тому +4055

      Unless converged evolution kicks in and we have mosquitos again, even with way worse properties.

    • @lidygutierrez1963
      @lidygutierrez1963 3 роки тому +797

      And bedbugs

    • @saskiaviking9447
      @saskiaviking9447 3 роки тому +2051

      The bastards will probably somehow smuggle themselves on the new planet

    • @patrykpiekarz1263
      @patrykpiekarz1263 3 роки тому +1371

      Some douchebag will probably bring some over anyways out of spite

    • @somerandomnoob4781
      @somerandomnoob4781 3 роки тому +1308

      actually all creatures in earth including insects and pests are useful to us,useful in the ecosystem

  • @silly_plinker
    @silly_plinker 10 місяців тому +38

    Thanks for tutorial. I had some issues with terraforming Venus but his guide helped me 👍

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +4663

    Kurzgesagt should do a guide on how to terraform the other planets in our solar system

  • @cwejter
    @cwejter 3 роки тому +908

    Bosses be like: Cool, I need it by Monday tho.

    • @ahmetmutlu348
      @ahmetmutlu348 3 роки тому +12

      and professional workers be like. : ok boss you got it tomorrow :P
      the next day boss : is it ready..
      professional skilled employee : allmost ready sir. just some small piece of work is left :P
      and cycle repeats :P but as i said. only professional employes can handle the stress of that work. awerage workers will be fired instantly :D
      i saw this kind of dialogues executed in lots of real situations lots of times .

    • @Cobra85291
      @Cobra85291 3 роки тому +6

      @@ahmetmutlu348 Too bad you cant be fired from commenting

    • @sarahB06
      @sarahB06 3 роки тому +5

      @@ahmetmutlu348 thanks Ahmet this was truly inspirational

    • @Sentinential38
      @Sentinential38 3 роки тому +6

      @@ahmetmutlu348 I just had a stroke reading this.

    • @ishaand92
      @ishaand92 3 роки тому

      @@ahmetmutlu348 Damn bro I really felt that 😔

  • @Theguywhoasked994
    @Theguywhoasked994 3 роки тому +650

    “We just need to dump a giant ice cube in the ocean every couple years”

    • @loganmeagher379
      @loganmeagher379 3 роки тому +32

      Lol nice Futurama reference

    • @smith7602
      @smith7602 3 роки тому +21

      Thus solving the problem once and for all

    • @Teknopottu
      @Teknopottu 3 роки тому +14

      @@smith7602 ONCE AND FOR ALL.

  • @evanderminecraft7381
    @evanderminecraft7381 3 місяці тому +2

    I like how the best way to get rid of Venus's toxic atmosphere is to literally put it in the shade.

  • @Ella-bg2ve
    @Ella-bg2ve Рік тому +1131

    Kurzgesagt: It’s easier then you might think
    Also Kurzgesagt: proceeds to name the hardest methods I’ve ever heard

    • @aliasa3485
      @aliasa3485 11 місяців тому +30

      I mean I would think it's impossible. I guess possible technically is easier then impossible

    • @cristianm7097
      @cristianm7097 11 місяців тому

      than*

    • @nolol6537
      @nolol6537 10 місяців тому +1

      It seems like the hardest method to you because you’re not a rocket scientist

    • @har8397
      @har8397 10 місяців тому +1

      💯💯💯

    • @codys447
      @codys447 9 місяців тому +6

      No, these are the easiest ones. The other ones require believing in the infinite power of technological progress - that is to say, waving a magic wand. How could you possibly change the rotation speed of Venus, for instance? The people who talk about those fantasies simply assume there will be future technology that makes it easy, but never seem interested in the details involved.

  • @Austin-hm6qq
    @Austin-hm6qq 3 роки тому +207

    "probably easier than you think"
    *is about exactly as hard as you'd think*

  • @eetuerrenor5757
    @eetuerrenor5757 3 роки тому +1565

    "it might be easier than you think". Proceeds to introducing a giant mirror...

    • @briandiehl9257
      @briandiehl9257 3 роки тому +59

      A giant mirror is nowhere near as hard to make as you might think

    • @boygenius538_8
      @boygenius538_8 3 роки тому +42

      @@briandiehl9257 lol be my guest

    • @vyankatesh1051
      @vyankatesh1051 3 роки тому +4

      @@briandiehl9257 so you are saying this is viable. 🤔

    • @psychicmane7636
      @psychicmane7636 3 роки тому +35

      @@briandiehl9257 a planet surface sized one how many accidents and factors do you think can happen why is just floating there there are so many factors

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol 3 роки тому +3

      Horrible ideas

  • @hyperIapse
    @hyperIapse Місяць тому +3

    immediately recognized the space tether leitmotif 😭i love this channel and the music

  • @benc2068
    @benc2068 3 роки тому +1873

    This guy and his mass rails. Every solution was just "Shoot it into space." lmao

    • @radhakumari3341
      @radhakumari3341 3 роки тому +117

      Yeeet the stuff 😂😂

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople 3 роки тому +3

      lmao

    • @johann6062
      @johann6062 3 роки тому +85

      💀 every video he finds a way to fit those rails in his solutions

    • @El-Burrito
      @El-Burrito 3 роки тому +30

      That's how they deal with comic book villains that are too powerful

    • @generalcodsworth4417
      @generalcodsworth4417 3 роки тому +62

      They're also proud of their tethers. At this point I think Kurtzgesagt just wants to yeet everything all over the solar system

  • @PeetMontzingo
    @PeetMontzingo 3 роки тому +2769

    every time i watch one of these i wish i was a rocket scientist

    • @teekanne15
      @teekanne15 3 роки тому +157

      become one! Only willpwer is required, everything else you can learn. Im a dyslexic with adhd and about to finsih my master in planetary science. took me almost 9 years but its doable if you really want to.

    • @Itza-Me
      @Itza-Me 3 роки тому +13

      Doesnt have much to do with terraforming tho

    • @HotMonkeyDik
      @HotMonkeyDik 3 роки тому +13

      @@teekanne15 what do planetary scientists do?

    • @felahidispascalis6990
      @felahidispascalis6990 3 роки тому +30

      @@teekanne15 well done man. It's what I constantly say, the only thing that is really needed is willpower. You're the perfect example of it.

    • @agentk1930
      @agentk1930 3 роки тому +5

      BE ONE! NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!

  • @turtlesrprettycool3379
    @turtlesrprettycool3379 2 роки тому +2959

    “It might be easier than you think”
    It’s hundreds of times harder than I thought it would be

    • @Mostly-Nuts
      @Mostly-Nuts 2 роки тому +43

      Exactly what I thought lmao

    • @ShayKMBR
      @ShayKMBR 2 роки тому +18

      Right like brah
      That would take SO much money 💰❗❗

    • @fangier0
      @fangier0 2 роки тому +35

      And really time consuming, 200 years to just cool it down

    • @CCABPSacsach
      @CCABPSacsach 2 роки тому +71

      @@fangier0 If you think about it, 200 years is only around 4 human generations.

    • @rrh0008
      @rrh0008 2 роки тому +44

      @@CCABPSacsach I suppose, if you expect 50-year-olds to give birth.

  • @TheSkyIsBlue4
    @TheSkyIsBlue4 Місяць тому +1

    Normal space travel: 3, 2, 1, Launch!
    Kurzgesagt space travel: YEEEEEEEEET

  • @thatguy9186
    @thatguy9186 3 роки тому +1560

    “Hey look mom, a shooting star”
    *All of a sudden the sun mirror cracks*

    • @agastyagoel6185
      @agastyagoel6185 3 роки тому +14

      LOL

    • @jowan2749
      @jowan2749 3 роки тому +15

      RUN

    • @animagamer2
      @animagamer2 3 роки тому +98

      Hahaha, we can already map the postion of basically every astroid in our solar system. I think an advanced space aged civilization will be able to protect their expensive satellites from basically anything... *whispers* _except ourselves._

    • @Annatra234
      @Annatra234 3 роки тому +21

      @@animagamer2 basically everything...
      Exept a gamma ray burst that is

    • @angerymechanic661
      @angerymechanic661 3 роки тому +5

      Nickle doesn't crack. I made space mirrors when i was 23.

  • @ullasbabu1732
    @ullasbabu1732 3 роки тому +571

    A whole new meaning for “Quickly”.

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 3 роки тому +48

      Earth took about a billion years to turn in to something that could support any life, and another 3 billion years before it could have supported human life. Turning the hellhole that is Venus into something we can walk and breathe on in only a few thousand years is extremely expedient.

    • @Golinth
      @Golinth 3 роки тому +18

      On a cosmological scale, it is.

    • @HeyLookItsThatGuy
      @HeyLookItsThatGuy 3 роки тому +5

      A couple millennium as opposed to a couple billion years I’d say is pretty quick

    • @chewy7062
      @chewy7062 3 роки тому +1

      In a humans perspective yes but to the universe that's nothing

    • @KinkyShakespeare
      @KinkyShakespeare 3 роки тому

      @@naverilllang true, but it certainly isn’t an alternative to Mars. We already are moving plans forward to get to Mars within the next few years, a thousand might be a bit too long for our current purposes 😂

  • @notnintendo
    @notnintendo 3 роки тому +428

    The bird saying, "This ain't it fam" is the best thing I've ever seen.

    • @cl0p38
      @cl0p38 3 роки тому +16

      We need more videos with these little things. Like "yeeted" from the last video

    • @srivatsajoshi4028
      @srivatsajoshi4028 3 роки тому +1

      omae wa mou shindeiru was better

    • @andrewparker318
      @andrewparker318 3 роки тому +2

      When does a bird say that?

    • @Triniswe
      @Triniswe 3 роки тому +3

      @@andrewparker318 5:57

    • @andrewparker318
      @andrewparker318 3 роки тому +2

      @Dark Rider Oh I found it! 5:55

  • @Diego-ps7eq
    @Diego-ps7eq Місяць тому +1

    The fact that even after all that there would probably be people dening that venus was ever terraformed fills me with rage

  • @dakelasala1381
    @dakelasala1381 3 роки тому +389

    “it’s not as hard as you might think”
    proceeds to explain how you would need to terraform a whole planet

    • @Elviloh
      @Elviloh 3 роки тому +19

      "You just need a bit of imagination".

    • @imaverageatgamesbutimostly3431
      @imaverageatgamesbutimostly3431 3 роки тому +12

      It turns out to be just as hard I originally thought

    • @ilovefunnyamv2nd
      @ilovefunnyamv2nd 3 роки тому

      @@Elviloh and also a global effort for many years, with no benefit to be seen in our lifetime.

    • @Quotheraving
      @Quotheraving 3 роки тому +1

      @@imaverageatgamesbutimostly3431 and probably pointless because neither Venus nor Mars have a Magnetosphere.

    • @prestigeworldwide6488
      @prestigeworldwide6488 3 роки тому

      7000 years later

  • @whimsical1788
    @whimsical1788 2 роки тому +3384

    Thanks for the easy tutorial, it really only took about 10 minutes to fully complete

    • @eWee21ee123
      @eWee21ee123 2 роки тому +12

      lol

    • @frequencyy
      @frequencyy 2 роки тому +98

      this is why we need the dislike button back, i cant tell if this is helpful or not but it looks like it is! also for me it took ~18 min cause im not so great at listening

    • @vipahxxx7640
      @vipahxxx7640 2 роки тому +16

      Very easy, did it too.

    • @hornetisspider
      @hornetisspider 2 роки тому +17

      hope they add this officially in the next update ngl

    • @noreoli
      @noreoli 2 роки тому +5

      @@frequencyy Not really. I have an overlay that displays the dislike amount on a rough assumption. It's always not 100% spot on accurate but it does it job pretty well. The dislike counter is on 10k which is in a pretty good spot. Some may disagree that this might even ever come into practice but the majority of the audience do think that it is possible

  • @thegoat9219
    @thegoat9219 3 роки тому +165

    "Freeze hell and ship in the oceans" one of the best sentences I've heard this year

  • @odiammar
    @odiammar 2 місяці тому +5

    1:30 i wanna listen but this beat is. taking. control over me

  • @anth2975
    @anth2975 3 роки тому +878

    Kurzgesagt: “It might be easier than you think”
    Nasa: Well why didn’t you say so

    • @eleethtahgra7182
      @eleethtahgra7182 3 роки тому +2

      CNSA; write that down, write that down.

    • @NoamHaim
      @NoamHaim 3 роки тому +2

      Actuall nasa: * does a viruall class/ a video explaining in a happy little way why this will be a huge project for this great country and how it can't be done this days *

    • @briandoe5746
      @briandoe5746 3 роки тому +2

      Isaac Arthur- a Dyson swarm would be far superior in every aspect.

    • @KSPUnitedYT
      @KSPUnitedYT 3 роки тому +1

      @Kyle Griffin couldn’t the astronauts from Apollo 12, 14, 15 to 17 also see the earth from the moon?

    • @kingsolo6241
      @kingsolo6241 3 роки тому +1

      Scientist have confirmed that we are still 1,000’s of years away from terraforming any planet. We simply do not have the technology. If anything we would terraform earth first before any other planet.

  • @rhapsody4025
    @rhapsody4025 3 роки тому +192

    I can already imagine how future venus colonists will look back at this video and laugh so hard

    • @lrgr1518
      @lrgr1518 3 роки тому +7

      I don't think that in 500 years anyone will

    • @constantinethecataphract5949
      @constantinethecataphract5949 3 роки тому +5

      >implying we wont just live in o'Neill cylinders that can replicate earth 100%

    • @ngnlkuuhaku2360
      @ngnlkuuhaku2360 3 роки тому +1

      Stop daydreaming and start working

    • @constantinethecataphract5949
      @constantinethecataphract5949 3 роки тому +1

      @Abhi Prakash we can replicate the surface of earth preety well in those things ( make the seas / lakes as deep as we want) make mountains as big as we want them , make the ground etc .
      There is no reason to terraform planets when we can just turn asteroids into o'Neill cylinders and it would give us way way more living space than a planet.
      But i think we should pursue both terraforming and constructing habitats so that people who want to live in planets can choose to have that option

    • @constantinethecataphract5949
      @constantinethecataphract5949 3 роки тому +1

      @Abhi Prakash yeah definitely and also rings habitats . I can imagine giant ring habitats around the gas giants and any planet and moon we cant terraform working as points of centers were o'Neil cylinders would be around.
      Maybe a ring habitat around our moon to make it habitable

  • @jasonchiu272
    @jasonchiu272 3 роки тому +337

    Rip birb who sacrificed himself to show us how hostile venus's surface is.

    • @axea4554
      @axea4554 3 роки тому +5

      Respect to the camerabirb for filming all of this for thousand of years

    • @insertname4337
      @insertname4337 3 роки тому +4

      @@Michael-he7jo I am genuinely disappointed in humanity because of you.

    • @potatoes5829
      @potatoes5829 3 роки тому +2

      @@Michael-he7jo bruh

    • @nav_s1
      @nav_s1 3 роки тому

      @@Michael-he7jo no

    • @nav_s1
      @nav_s1 3 роки тому

      @@JustSomeFroit why are you woooshing him it isn't even a joke lol

  • @miaaaseth
    @miaaaseth 3 місяці тому +7

    6:37 This is some awesome music.

  • @95Geli
    @95Geli 3 роки тому +1243

    This did not sound easier than I imagined..

    • @riccosu3599
      @riccosu3599 3 роки тому +14

      LFMAO this got me dead

    • @nanananaxhhd4330
      @nanananaxhhd4330 3 роки тому +2

      @@riccosu3599 same

    • @mr_poopyheadpro2806
      @mr_poopyheadpro2806 3 роки тому +10

      Its easy, just wait some next generations

    • @p3el_
      @p3el_ 3 роки тому

      @@mr_poopyheadpro2806 and somehow have impossibly good luck.

    • @danielhicks1824
      @danielhicks1824 3 роки тому +9

      Sounds like the real answer is build a Dyson Sphere first

  • @Lemoncak3
    @Lemoncak3 3 роки тому +557

    where can I buy tickets

  • @williamreely4431
    @williamreely4431 3 роки тому +2105

    Remember: if you've got a problem, the solution is always *MASS DRIVERS*

    • @hugochhoeu9204
      @hugochhoeu9204 3 роки тому +18

      cant you terraform just one part of the planet

    • @nathananderson7439
      @nathananderson7439 3 роки тому +32

      @@hugochhoeu9204 not without a dome the atmosphere makes the temperature within a hundred degrees Celsius of its two extremes if it is thick enough to breath

    • @WaterGuardian97
      @WaterGuardian97 3 роки тому +6

      And mirrors

    • @robinraphael
      @robinraphael 3 роки тому +13

      That and duct tape

    • @metroidhunter965
      @metroidhunter965 3 роки тому +4

      Also useful for fighting off alien flagships. Larger ones can cripple larger carrier flagships.

  • @8-61e
    @8-61e Місяць тому +1

    Tom and Mandy went home after school when they saw something on the street. It was a lady’s handbag. They found a name and phone number inside. They called the owner of the bag. They took the bag to her house, and she was very happy.

  • @krishnabirla16
    @krishnabirla16 3 роки тому +815

    When it said “it’s not hard as you may think”, I believed them. Lol me.

    • @Newt2799
      @Newt2799 3 роки тому +15

      I liked the part where they said you’d have to get rid of/bury all the ice and then bring in your own oceans and land

    • @dislike__button
      @dislike__button 3 роки тому +8

      After watching this video I'm even more convinced that Mars is the right choice.

    • @andrewrobb3258
      @andrewrobb3258 3 роки тому +2

      @@dislike__button Mars is just as hard and we could not fix the gravity problem. We don't got that gravity problem with venes. Also it may be possible to get venes rotation to speed up at the same time as removing the co2 with the mass drivers due to Newtens second law. It would take time thou. Of note the mirror thing is somthing we got the tech for now and it wouldn't take long the get the space industry for it.

    • @Asterius_101
      @Asterius_101 3 роки тому +9

      @Aurelia It isn't hard in the same way that it isn't hard for me to build the Burj Khalifa myself with a fork. *Technically* it can be done provided infinite time and resources but that's just being ridiculous.

  • @luonggiaphat7946
    @luonggiaphat7946 3 роки тому +1605

    Kurzgesagt:"Europa has twice as much water as Earth's ocean"
    Nestle:"Pack your things, we are leaving"

    • @honeydewbadger832
      @honeydewbadger832 3 роки тому +98

      "breaking news : Europa disappeared in months

    • @dennisbryant7994
      @dennisbryant7994 3 роки тому +21

      *destroys nestle with minimum and nukes*

    • @Kannot2023
      @Kannot2023 3 роки тому +39

      I imagine Nestle investing in slingshots to mode ice from Europe

    • @edeworabraham2761
      @edeworabraham2761 3 роки тому +13

      r/f**kNestle

    • @-Tranvanat-a
      @-Tranvanat-a 3 роки тому +1

      Hey bro, which are his accents? Us or uk

  • @zman4708
    @zman4708 3 роки тому +9720

    Kurzgesagt in 2050: How to colonise the multiverse in five easy steps...

    • @sjt101
      @sjt101 3 роки тому +279

      The TVA taking notes right now ✍️

    • @ArtemisAYO
      @ArtemisAYO 3 роки тому +41

      Haha yes

    • @daveigerman7209
      @daveigerman7209 3 роки тому +16

      Lol nice

    • @hooooman.
      @hooooman. 3 роки тому +47

      That "five" destroyed the flow of the comment 😂

    • @mystery_mre8166
      @mystery_mre8166 3 роки тому +77

      “here are the blueprints to the strongest colonizing rocket in the world, which you can make with materials from your own home”

  • @sunstarsseekersanctuary4241
    @sunstarsseekersanctuary4241 8 місяців тому +4

    First time here. this has a hitch hikers guide to the universe vibe. I love it.

  • @FurryEskimo
    @FurryEskimo 3 роки тому +1016

    Us: “Can we live on Venus?”
    KURZGESAGT: “When Hell freezes over.. So here’s how you make that happen~”

    • @TheRatLiker
      @TheRatLiker 3 роки тому +6

      Why are you a furry? That's a bit disgusting to me, dude.

    • @starshapedstar2841
      @starshapedstar2841 3 роки тому +41

      @@TheRatLiker let them be whoever they want

    • @vedrath
      @vedrath 3 роки тому +46

      @@TheRatLiker imagine giving a shit what a stranger enjoys

    • @kurtsvensson4362
      @kurtsvensson4362 3 роки тому +36

      @@TheRatLiker Why do you like rats? That’s a bit disgusting to me, dude.

    • @ryanbarthel5352
      @ryanbarthel5352 3 роки тому +12

      @@TheRatLiker Why are you judging people for the way they want to express themselves. That's a bit disgusting to me, dude.

  • @panzervpl9406
    @panzervpl9406 3 роки тому +371

    best ever: "freeze the hell and ship in the oceans"

  • @antihistory_3122
    @antihistory_3122 3 роки тому +416

    "How To Terraform Venus."
    Thanks, I'll try it out.

    • @imeann...
      @imeann... 3 роки тому +19

      let us know if it works

    • @krishnendusengupta6158
      @krishnendusengupta6158 3 роки тому +13

      @Rasta Xde He was, but sadly internet connectivity hasn't reached there yet.

    • @subhamshaw6411
      @subhamshaw6411 3 роки тому +3

      Disclaimer: Do not try this at home.

  • @VesmirCorporation
    @VesmirCorporation 10 місяців тому +5

    Kurzgesagt, thank you so much for all these tutorials.

  • @kinggalactix
    @kinggalactix 2 роки тому +1747

    Thanks for the guide. I was trying to find guides on terraforming, but didn't find any. You are a life saver, Kurzgesagt.

    • @son-dr8ft
      @son-dr8ft 2 роки тому +3

      Isn’t it just avatar?

    • @kinggalactix
      @kinggalactix 2 роки тому +16

      @@son-dr8ft that's a bit different.

    • @son-dr8ft
      @son-dr8ft 2 роки тому

      It just seems like it

    • @davysmith1934
      @davysmith1934 2 роки тому +21

      Remember; always salt your pasta, and do good. Plan to do good.

    • @namahshrestha3226
      @namahshrestha3226 2 роки тому

      lol

  • @bionicleapple1254
    @bionicleapple1254 3 роки тому +1499

    "Seems like a waste of material, and could take too long."
    Well, Kurzgesagt, you mined Mercury out of existence on the dyson sphere video, you can do it again
    Edit: Sorry for missing the z in Kurzgesagt but I'm not german and we all know how complicated the name sounds for non german people. You all didn't have to make a whole argument about it in the replies.

    • @vivaene
      @vivaene 3 роки тому +6

      @Alan and this is how languages degrade

    • @theracter8976
      @theracter8976 3 роки тому +38

      @@vivaene language is a social construct intended to pass information from one human to another who gives a fuck if it “degrades” lol

    • @vivaene
      @vivaene 3 роки тому +20

      @@theracter8976 hurr durr Ooga ooga chaka Maka

    • @tank7474
      @tank7474 3 роки тому +14

      @@vivaene language???? It's a name. Kurz gesagt is actual language and I don't think the person who made the mistake speakes German and neither do you.

    • @themodernshoe2466
      @themodernshoe2466 3 роки тому +6

      This is a great thread thanks youtube

  • @Hendur
    @Hendur 3 роки тому +1245

    "It might be easier than you think"
    Me, after 10 Minutes: "No"

    • @reixyz4852
      @reixyz4852 3 роки тому +57

      this is the most unfeasible video by them so far. I love the channel but when they casually make big assumptions like usable space tethers (from previous video: would be a big achievement all on it's own) the day/night thing also seems like it would be one of the hardest steps but they glossed over it honestly.

    • @egorsilovs156
      @egorsilovs156 3 роки тому +26

      @@reixyz4852 There’s also the issue of casually removing a planet’s worth of CO2 from the surface. Would be better if they marketed themselves as science fiction with roots in physics.

    • @altostreeter
      @altostreeter 3 роки тому +6

      Whoever does this to Venus can't even be classified as the same species as us at that point.

    • @pseudonym8082
      @pseudonym8082 3 роки тому +9

      @Miles bruh what

    • @nilletv5038
      @nilletv5038 3 роки тому +6

      @@reixyz4852 It wouldn't even be worth terraforming anything closer to the Sun than Earth, because of the sun becoming a red giant in a few billion years. I'd support these kind of ideas for places like Titan & Europa though.

  • @zarrapast
    @zarrapast Місяць тому +1

    When the mirrors for heating back Venus were mentioned, I immediately could see futures flatvenusians writing their first tweet 😂😂😂

  • @mr_meme_420
    @mr_meme_420 3 роки тому +996

    "Europa, a moon of Jupiter has twice as much water as Earth's oceans"
    Nestlé: I go to Europa

    • @shubh.bapi_9423
      @shubh.bapi_9423 3 роки тому +50

      Coca cola: Did I hear Water???

    • @urbainleverrier1
      @urbainleverrier1 3 роки тому +43

      The equivalent of U. S. finding oil

    • @Fruitsmymainispomgranates
      @Fruitsmymainispomgranates 3 роки тому +2

      I don’t understand why people call nestle evil please tell me

    • @Nobody-qk4xu
      @Nobody-qk4xu 3 роки тому +68

      @@Fruitsmymainispomgranates Massive deforestation, stealing water from native tribes, saying water shouldn't be a human right, quirks like that

    • @jimidoodles
      @jimidoodles 3 роки тому

      Macross city colonies would be best sustainable space city and moveable

  • @wilmeroberg9794
    @wilmeroberg9794 3 роки тому +1194

    I'm just imagining someone a few hundred years into the future saying "who's fucking idea was it to bring mosquitoes to venus?"

    • @Another-Distortion
      @Another-Distortion 3 роки тому +34

      ITS WAS ME!

    • @aezzil3536
      @aezzil3536 3 роки тому +83

      Some men just want to watch the world burn...quite literally in this case

    • @yadatada5556
      @yadatada5556 3 роки тому +26

      @@Another-Distortion you monster!

    • @rugvedkulkarni1593
      @rugvedkulkarni1593 3 роки тому +51

      I would imagine future humanity would want to make venus a paradise filled with only life that is beneficial to humanity. It is named after the Roman goddess of beauty after all.

    • @richardwainwright507
      @richardwainwright507 3 роки тому +37

      @@rugvedkulkarni1593 penguins everywhere

  • @NeuralWreck
    @NeuralWreck 3 роки тому +3691

    dang Venus’ atmosphere looking kinda sequestered and breathable 😳

    • @sixela6
      @sixela6 3 роки тому +172

      This comment is making we want to be Venus's atmosphere

    • @JESUSWASAJUGGALO
      @JESUSWASAJUGGALO 3 роки тому +81

      oh i hate this

    • @sixela6
      @sixela6 3 роки тому +113

      @@JESUSWASAJUGGALO instructions unclear I now have a crush on Venus's atmosphere

    • @JESUSWASAJUGGALO
      @JESUSWASAJUGGALO 3 роки тому +104

      @@sixela6 damn rn i would love to be crushed by venus' atmosphere, killing me instantly

    • @babytree6090
      @babytree6090 3 роки тому +13

      @@JESUSWASAJUGGALO Tf

  • @esreverreverse1769
    @esreverreverse1769 3 роки тому +695

    Earth: look at what they need to do to mimic a fraction of my hospitability

    • @jakeweberzwier8655
      @jakeweberzwier8655 3 роки тому +42

      No kidding, it took billions of years to terraform earth the natural way

    • @brandonvelde5774
      @brandonvelde5774 3 роки тому +24

      @@jakeweberzwier8655 And still it's _just_ barley habitable enough to harbor life.

    • @Hero_Bryan
      @Hero_Bryan 3 роки тому +27

      Billions of years of natural terraforming VS Few thousands of years of artificial terraforming

    • @goemon9378
      @goemon9378 3 роки тому +2

      that's an omniman reference isn't it

    • @hellbusterdragon
      @hellbusterdragon 3 роки тому +2

      And we are destroying it, so we need a backup plan. Hey, destroying it is part of humanity's advancement.

  • @TheGrimReaper19
    @TheGrimReaper19 3 роки тому +816

    “You sure you know how to do this?”
    *”yeah I watched UA-cam 12 min tutorial”*

    • @petrowegynyolc7108
      @petrowegynyolc7108 3 роки тому +22

      ...from the archive of my great-great-great grandfather, around the 3rd millenium.

    • @ME-vf8de
      @ME-vf8de 3 роки тому +1

      Sorry Neptune but you cant be transformed.

    • @irishbattletoster9265
      @irishbattletoster9265 3 роки тому

      @@ME-vf8de sad

    • @Mrcharles.
      @Mrcharles. 3 роки тому

      Just by watching Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos go into outer space makes me think this is where the rich folks will go once the earth is obsolete.

    • @conslegaming981
      @conslegaming981 3 роки тому

      Xd

  • @desu38
    @desu38 3 роки тому +1935

    "You'll just have to wear a mask everywhere you go."
    Oh boy, that's gonna go well.

    • @abdulhafeez5915
      @abdulhafeez5915 3 роки тому +253

      Those who oppose won't live (literally)
      Suffocation ain't pretty

    • @kiyoshiinoto
      @kiyoshiinoto 3 роки тому +209

      They’ll get over it real fast, or they will no longer be our problem.

    • @cherubin7th
      @cherubin7th 3 роки тому +23

      Just like on earth

    • @Sougin_0
      @Sougin_0 3 роки тому +19

      I’ve mastered the art of the mask

    • @arunnakamura7415
      @arunnakamura7415 3 роки тому +25

      Muh rights

  • @GermanicAntiFurry
    @GermanicAntiFurry 7 годин тому

    I love how there are things like “People are poor and dying” and then there’s stuff like “What if Midas sneezed gold and ended the world?”

  • @astethii9521
    @astethii9521 3 роки тому +1286

    imagine this video was named: “DIY Venus Terraformation!”

  • @pixellogic8993
    @pixellogic8993 3 роки тому +461

    There’s something kind of terrifying about it.
    The entire survivability of a terraformed Venus would completely depend on a bunch of man-made mirrors in outer space. If even the slightest accident occurs, everything on Venus straight up dies.
    I don’t think I’d manage the existential terror of living there, to be honest.

    • @PiePiellow
      @PiePiellow 3 роки тому +62

      I don't think anybody living there would even remenber about the mirrors existence for most of the time tho, they would be chill because they wouldn't even think about it.
      And the chances of anything happening with them would be very low as well anyway

    • @Stray7
      @Stray7 3 роки тому +104

      Then you REALLY don't want to think about how fragile life on Earth, where we all currently live, is...

    • @coins_png
      @coins_png 3 роки тому +8

      Do you believe in gravity ?

    • @s4098429
      @s4098429 3 роки тому +57

      If something did happen to the mirrors, it’s unlikely that Venus would instantly be ruined.
      It took 100years to cool Venus down with mirrors, it’ll probably take 100years to heat back up.
      Plenty of time to put new mirrors up.

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria 3 роки тому +1

      If you do further reading you'll find this is not the case.

  • @Samuelwastaken
    @Samuelwastaken 3 роки тому +1081

    Can't wait for the "How to terraform a black hole" video to come out

    • @jayzenstyle
      @jayzenstyle 3 роки тому +33

      A birch world... someday, my modded stellaris dream can become a reality...

    • @fitwesdaily
      @fitwesdaily 3 роки тому +10

      It's funny but I think we could just build on top of a black hole bomb/generator since that already encloses it.

    • @aniksamiurrahman6365
      @aniksamiurrahman6365 3 роки тому +1

      LOL!

    • @AndreVictorGoncalves
      @AndreVictorGoncalves 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah. Great video. Nice thinking. But there is one problem. *The human population will peak at 11 billion people, then decrease.*
      We will never need to colonize other planets.

    • @tlotro625
      @tlotro625 3 роки тому +5

      @@AndreVictorGoncalves resources

  • @Neridian_
    @Neridian_ 5 місяців тому +5

    The fact that this was 3 year ago makes me so sad because I am starting to miss being younger. I was in 6th grade when this video came out and now I'm a freshman

  • @Rigatoni_Joe
    @Rigatoni_Joe 3 роки тому +1108

    If building a mirror larger than our entire planet as we know it is “easier than I think” than I clearly have no idea what easy means anymore

    • @dissonanceparadiddle
      @dissonanceparadiddle 3 роки тому +48

      I think they should have used the word straightforward.

    • @Alphacheesehunter
      @Alphacheesehunter 3 роки тому +16

      You could do it with good automation and a nice asteroid.

    • @magnaviousyk3118
      @magnaviousyk3118 3 роки тому +61

      It's easier than you think. I guess 70% of the effort would be convincing world leaders to work together and have their commitment in terraforming the planet in the first place

    • @kk-qu1zc
      @kk-qu1zc 3 роки тому +8

      Kurzgesagt - In a NUTTTTT shell

    • @TheRealAmek
      @TheRealAmek 3 роки тому +1

      I think he means simple, idk haven’t watched the vid yet

  • @volteriaz
    @volteriaz 3 роки тому +813

    "Europa has twice the amount of water as earth"
    Nestle:

    • @bossypants1577
      @bossypants1577 3 роки тому +15

      mine

    • @ago8085
      @ago8085 3 роки тому +9

      Bueno.

    • @ThatGuy-th1kt
      @ThatGuy-th1kt 3 роки тому +17

      fun fact: europa means europe in spanish

    • @averiWonBTW
      @averiWonBTW 3 роки тому +14

      @@ThatGuy-th1kt its does?!?!?! WHAT DA??!?! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE???!?!??!

    • @Tudor4Fun
      @Tudor4Fun 3 роки тому +1

      Government suddenly says europa is gone! h o w s t r a n g e

  • @michaelscott-joynt3215
    @michaelscott-joynt3215 3 роки тому +148

    "Terraforming Venus might be easier than you think."
    >Proceeds to unveil theoretical ideas that make comic book supervillain plans sound like child's play.

    • @WGG25
      @WGG25 3 роки тому +2

      huge solar mirrors are doable (although micro-asteroid collisions would be an interesting thing to avoid), mining tools/machines have been a thing for a while, matter drivers are possible, and so are those space slings. the biggest obstacle is money / capitalism imo

    • @Sn0w424
      @Sn0w424 3 роки тому +1

      "it would take hundreds of years", also hundreds of tonnes of mining equipment, space mirrors and mass drivers construction around a different planet..
      So why wait to start on mars afterwards?

  • @Savonarola88
    @Savonarola88 2 місяці тому +1

    The most preposterous sci-fi ever made sounds way more realistic than the solutions suggested here

  • @emameyer
    @emameyer 3 роки тому +791

    Aliens from another solar system: "the guys here really like slingshots"

    • @paper-boat4326
      @paper-boat4326 3 роки тому +6

      Alien: Don’t know why, always liked the solar sling better

    • @mirchiamemeina1524
      @mirchiamemeina1524 3 роки тому +11

      Humanity: "Ahahaha, let me shooow you its features!"

    • @tarstarkusz
      @tarstarkusz 3 роки тому +3

      The whole thing is ridiculous.

    • @netherwolves3412
      @netherwolves3412 3 роки тому +8

      @@tarstarkusz kind of, but not really

    • @tarstarkusz
      @tarstarkusz 3 роки тому +3

      @@netherwolves3412 Nah, very much really. You may as well invoke magic.

  • @TheReaverOfDarkness
    @TheReaverOfDarkness 3 роки тому +1008

    "When will Venus be terraformed?"
    "When Hell freezes over."

    • @SkywalkerWroc
      @SkywalkerWroc 3 роки тому +26

      AND YET it's easier than Mars. lmao

    • @baooquoc1501
      @baooquoc1501 3 роки тому +1

      Way to motivate people, bruh 😑

    • @goose7618
      @goose7618 3 роки тому +5

      @@baooquoc1501 it's literally the hottest and one of the coldest planets in our solar system, did you really think it was possible to turn it into earth 2: electric Boogaloo

    • @GilFerraro
      @GilFerraro 3 роки тому +1

      The funny thing is that Hell is already frozen, if you consider Cocitus 😁

    • @jokerryt2503
      @jokerryt2503 3 роки тому +3

      Don’t think some people here understood the joke

  • @rationalityrules
    @rationalityrules 3 роки тому +2795

    Imagine if it turned out that the first life form on Earth was artificially put here by aliens in an attempt to form the planet to their needs, but they subsequently went extinct due to their efforts coming too late. I could totally see humanity doing this to another planet.

    • @Rey1_A
      @Rey1_A 3 роки тому +37

      ikr

    • @39ilawis
      @39ilawis 3 роки тому +141

      Sounds like your aliens got covid. Or came from Venus...

    • @ChasingVapor
      @ChasingVapor 3 роки тому +105

      theres actually a theory like this involving mars populating earth before there planets core died...

    • @Badzad31
      @Badzad31 3 роки тому +309

      @@39ilawis dude, imagine if they WERE from venus, and we just keep going back and forth, terraforming each other, dying out, re-evolving, then terraforming the other again.

    • @angkear6267
      @angkear6267 3 роки тому +42

      Or they are waiting for the right time to come back to earth. We better prepare lol.

  • @SelfSustainableCity
    @SelfSustainableCity 24 дні тому +1

    To terraform Venus, reach for the skies,
    Yet within the earth, true peace lies.
    Before we shape distant spheres to suit,
    Let nature’s roots guide our pursuit.

  • @bubblehead9548
    @bubblehead9548 3 роки тому +427

    I would pay unspeakable amounts of money for a game creatively directed by Kurzgesagt similar to spore wherein you start as a small creature slowly unlocking traits until you gain sentience, then on to civilization-builting, and finally galactic dominion... I know the scope of such a game would be nearly impossible, even for triple-A studios and companies, but one can always dream...

    • @spacetechempire510
      @spacetechempire510 3 роки тому +13

      Eh it’s possible. If you add a automatic function and a potentially speed up function.
      But it’s possible due to some games literally the size of a galaxy and multiplayer exist.

    • @iluvDNA100
      @iluvDNA100 3 роки тому +47

      Spore's concept definitely needs a modern redo with a focus on realism instead of cutesy dances and googley eyes

    • @pylons5485
      @pylons5485 3 роки тому +10

      Not exactly what you are asking for, but the game Dyson Sphere Program is a factory builder game that is very satisfying and reminds me a lot of Kurzgesagt when I play it.

    • @noahginnett900
      @noahginnett900 3 роки тому +3

      civ 6 but better and with birbs

    • @KirkRendon
      @KirkRendon 3 роки тому

      I love spore

  • @RoSoliTaire
    @RoSoliTaire 3 роки тому +101

    TED-Ed: Hey, wanna build a wooden skyscraper?
    Kurzgesagt: Hey, wanna terraform Venus?

    • @Quantum_Beyblados
      @Quantum_Beyblados 3 роки тому +3

      Combine them: Hey, wanna build a wooden skyscrapper that doesn't affect earth badly? Plant some tree on Venus and use them.
      I've watched both videos, and tought wooden skyscrapper won't be built much because building each would cost forests.
      (edit: correcting spelling mistakes and adding the second part)

  • @The_Horizon
    @The_Horizon 3 роки тому +3159

    The aliens on venus when the temperature drops to freezing and the sky starts falling down 👁️👄👁️

    • @moonlythz4492
      @moonlythz4492 3 роки тому +301

      "What the fuck is going on?"
      "Ok then let's teraform earth into venus now!"

    • @Dragonbite
      @Dragonbite 3 роки тому +34

      Didn’t expect to see you here, Horizon!

    • @cookmyflower
      @cookmyflower 3 роки тому +36

      The Tomorrow War 🤠

    • @sivagolla7635
      @sivagolla7635 3 роки тому +11

      Why are you every where!?

    • @MLiskindagay
      @MLiskindagay 3 роки тому +98

      👁👁👄👁👁

  • @ianmack5203
    @ianmack5203 28 днів тому +2

    About the CO2, I read someone else suggesting to use to make a ring system for Venus it would provide a nightlight especially since Venus nights are so long.

  • @ariyune7007
    @ariyune7007 3 роки тому +372

    Everyone's gangster until a meteor hits the glass

    • @Ravenshaw123
      @Ravenshaw123 3 роки тому +32

      Shooting stuff with mass drivers is pretty much the solutions to any and every problems.
      Asteroid? Mass drivers.
      Need supplies? Mass drivers
      Cosmic horror showing up? Motherfucking mass drivers.

    • @CramcrumBrewbringer
      @CramcrumBrewbringer 3 роки тому +1

      @@Ravenshaw123 Not realistic solutions though

    • @CramcrumBrewbringer
      @CramcrumBrewbringer 3 роки тому +1

      @0 FQuartz 0 Mass drivers aren’t realistic. Even without an atmosphere, the escape velocity of mercury is 4.3 km/s. This is a minimum velocity. These speeds can’t realistically be achieved in tubes consistently, their is too much power demand, not to mention friction and accurately launching mass onto another planet.

    • @dyazsgameplayandrandomvide3259
      @dyazsgameplayandrandomvide3259 3 роки тому +1

      @@Ravenshaw123 Reduce Velocity? Mass drivers Reversed!

    • @stevenandersen6989
      @stevenandersen6989 3 роки тому +10

      @@CramcrumBrewbringer Need more Velocity? *PUT THE MASS DRIVERS ON MASS DRIV-*

  • @therealdeadend
    @therealdeadend 3 роки тому +2279

    The disappointment of realizing you won't live long enough to even witness Venus cool down is more bitter than dark chocolate

    • @Mig23mld.
      @Mig23mld. 3 роки тому +82

      Who knows synthetic organs are being produced we may be able to atleast see the progress or possibly even immortality might be possible by the year 2040

    • @MindForgedManacle
      @MindForgedManacle 3 роки тому +35

      There have been recent advancements in reversing aging at the beginning of 2021. Once human testing results come in (granted, probably not substantial results for 20 years to application) you may well love long enough to at least see a longer age)

    • @danielh.9010
      @danielh.9010 3 роки тому +80

      @@Mig23mld. A longer life also comes with grave cultural consequences. Human society is already struggling with the speed of cultural change, and older people are known to have a tendency to not be able to keep up with that rate of change. This limits our adaptability, which means it limits our ability to solve global crises - as already evidenced by the climate change crisis. We would at least have to change our way of education, extending it from only educating our children to life-long education, e.g. at some defined time intervals. The next problem would be the degradation of our brain while aging. As we get older our brain decreases in its ability to form new connections between neurons (called neuroplasticity), which manifests as a decrease in learning ability and ability to adapt to new situations. It might be possible that gene therapy could help to reduce these effects of aging. And finally there is the amount of mental damage accumulated over a life time. Not everyone has a happy life on earth. Some experience horrible things and are scarred forever, some turn bitter after harsh disappointments, and some simply never reach a stable mature personality. Currently our society chooses that it can afford to ignore those people to a certain extent, because sooner or later they die and the individual problem they pose for society vanishes anyway. The assessment of this tradeoff will certainly change with expanded life spans, giving mental health and psychotherapy much more importance. We don't even know what effects a much longer life span would have on our society, but - as illustrated - they aren't necessarily positive and can pose a variety of new problems that we need to think about.
      Personally, I think death is both a curse and a blessing, because it also guarantees that things can change over time as no one is able to exert his power indefinitely. And it's also a lesson in humility, because it can teach us to cherish the life time that we have, make the most of it, and be content when it ends. It's the acceptance of the finiteness and limited influence of our existence that can be a valuable lesson.

    • @boosensinder1378
      @boosensinder1378 3 роки тому +18

      @@danielh.9010 Very nice comment mate, exactly what I've been thinking. Nonetheless, I imagine it to be spectacular being immortal and having the abilty to see and experience more than any other human in the past ever could. The world has so much more to discover than I am able to in my estimated remaining 60 years. We humans work and grow old, and after retiring, we are too old for a lot of exiting things to do. It makes me think sometimes.

    • @Gersemi_Trader
      @Gersemi_Trader 3 роки тому +9

      @@MindForgedManacle nice cope but thats only gonna be for billionares. Lets get real

  • @gormster
    @gormster 3 роки тому +855

    “The only thing that’s stopping it is our imagination.” Mate that is not the *only* thing that’s stopping it.

    • @robsauce7640
      @robsauce7640 3 роки тому +5

      M8

    • @anarchyandempires5452
      @anarchyandempires5452 3 роки тому +93

      O come now all we need is 5 giant mirrors, 4 sets of Planetary scale MAC batteries, 3 planetary scale Huck systems the a few thousand Mega sized Mining Rigs capable of digin trough entire mountains of ice harder than Tank Armour grade steel, 500-1000 years of Peace where almost all of humanity works together on this project, the monetary equivalent of 100 years of the current GDP of the USA, and a few billion tones of bio engenierd bacteria, easy stuff!!
      ......at least compared to the Sh*t storm that would be unleashed the moment I comes time to choose who gets to have a piece of the planet....

    • @carboncompounds9377
      @carboncompounds9377 3 роки тому +3

      @@anarchyandempires5452 getting cyanobacteria isn't difficult at all...plus by increasing temp by a bit we would be able to take the ice out with comparative ease.

    • @Thalos_s
      @Thalos_s 3 роки тому +4

      @@TML0677 you're not wrong

    • @Zamu273
      @Zamu273 3 роки тому +4

      M8 if there's a rule you don't like, get rid of it
      *proceeds to float off the ground, into space, never to be seen again*

  • @mariagracaburnay3978
    @mariagracaburnay3978 19 днів тому +1

    Now i have my plans for next weekend

  • @BetoNetwork
    @BetoNetwork 3 роки тому +352

    Kurzgesagt: How to terraform Venus quickly.
    Also Kurzgesagt: It will take a few thousand years.
    Me: Time to upload my concious to the internet.

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh 3 роки тому +13

      It's crazy quick when you consider that similar changes on earth took hundreds of millions of years.

    • @oceandrop7666
      @oceandrop7666 3 роки тому +1

      that would just be copying it, you would still be dead.

    • @BetoNetwork
      @BetoNetwork 3 роки тому

      @@oceandrop7666 But at least you live on! :D

    • @BetoNetwork
      @BetoNetwork 3 роки тому

      @@PsRohrbaugh True, but not lifetime quick sadly.

    • @oceandrop7666
      @oceandrop7666 3 роки тому

      @@BetoNetwork You don't though, it's like your twin lives on. That's not you.

  • @theEdmontonians
    @theEdmontonians 3 роки тому +1953

    "how to turn venus into earth after we turn earth into venus"

    • @jabjab2286
      @jabjab2286 3 роки тому +80

      This is the most underrated comment I've seen yet

    • @theEdmontonians
      @theEdmontonians 3 роки тому +8

      @@jabjab2286thanks

    • @theEdmontonians
      @theEdmontonians 3 роки тому +3

      @@jabjab2286 thanks strong owl man

    • @guitarrobot9056
      @guitarrobot9056 3 роки тому +12

      The sad thing is that your right the earth is really starting to become venus… just slowly

    • @theEdmontonians
      @theEdmontonians 3 роки тому +3

      @@guitarrobot9056 slowly...it like what 30 years before climate changes becomes catastrophic, how much longer really is it (obviously not to the point of Venus that was a joke)

  • @arnoldkabuya5969
    @arnoldkabuya5969 3 роки тому +519

    A scientist's dream is an engineer's nightmare. Already imagining the calculations lol

    • @stefanbuican6089
      @stefanbuican6089 3 роки тому +54

      Ah, wonderful. Imagine that the slightiest error could end Earth

    • @clipzed
      @clipzed 3 роки тому +14

      There are many engineers that enjoy the challenge of working with multiple disciplines, you know....
      As one of those engineers - that mindset of yours is not great for your career :)

    • @Anonymos185
      @Anonymos185 3 роки тому +11

      You think this is bad for engineers? Economists are crying themselves to sleep watching this

    • @EnchWraits
      @EnchWraits 3 роки тому +2

      @@Anonymos185 Economists and politicians should just shut up and go make food or collect other garbage.

    • @Anonymos185
      @Anonymos185 3 роки тому +1

      @@EnchWraits Spoken like a person, who has never given a thought to what exactly prevents the foundations of his reality from collapsing in on itself.
      You may not notice when the economical sector does it's job but TRUST ME, you would notice if it didn't

  • @kuroshukun6352
    @kuroshukun6352 Місяць тому +1

    Aliens lock their doors when they drive past earth