How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)

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  • @kurzgesagt
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  • @iamnotaballer9949
    @iamnotaballer9949 2 λ…„ μ „ +9160

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

    • @sibanbgd100
      @sibanbgd100 2 λ…„ μ „ +474

      @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 2 λ…„ μ „ +109

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

    • @WhiteWolfos
      @WhiteWolfos 2 λ…„ μ „ +59

      @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 2 λ…„ μ „ +2

      LoL

    • @dylanmurray5669
      @dylanmurray5669 2 λ…„ μ „ +53

      @@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 2 λ…„ μ „ +102382

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

    • @ErwinSmith001
      @ErwinSmith001 2 λ…„ μ „ +19690

      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 2 λ…„ μ „ +6397

      people..

    • @bag3lmonst3r72
      @bag3lmonst3r72 2 λ…„ μ „ +6557

      Wow deep af

    • @elextroblaze
      @elextroblaze 2 λ…„ μ „ +1173

      Why are you everywhere. You literally commented so early

    • @rifkyfahrana1141
      @rifkyfahrana1141 2 λ…„ μ „ +5069

      Remember. Earth is not fucked. The people are

  • @Ella-bg2ve
    @Ella-bg2ve 10 κ°œμ›” μ „ +444

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

    • @aliasa3485
      @aliasa3485 2 κ°œμ›” μ „ +7

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

    • @cristianm7097
      @cristianm7097 κ°œμ›” μ „

      than*

    • @nolol6537
      @nolol6537 κ°œμ›” μ „

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

    • @har8397
      @har8397 12 일 μ „

      πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―

  • @Andi-ms3dw
    @Andi-ms3dw 23 일 μ „ +30

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

  • @Lavamar
    @Lavamar 2 λ…„ μ „ +39045

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

    • @kapytanhook
      @kapytanhook 2 λ…„ μ „ +6367

      We can choose to eliminate them all on earth too. Gene drives have been proven to work. The only thing stopping mosquito eradication is hippies with green goggles that do not want humans to flourish.

    • @cristianfernandezrodriguez9077
      @cristianfernandezrodriguez9077 2 λ…„ μ „ +3972

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

    • @lidygutierrez1963
      @lidygutierrez1963 2 λ…„ μ „ +775

      And bedbugs

    • @saskiaviking9447
      @saskiaviking9447 2 λ…„ μ „ +2063

      The bastards will probably somehow smuggle themselves on the new planet

    • @patrykpiekarz1263
      @patrykpiekarz1263 2 λ…„ μ „ +1378

      Some douchebag will probably bring some over anyways out of spite

  • @defendthehouse
    @defendthehouse 2 λ…„ μ „ +16751

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

  • @laurenfaulk4637
    @laurenfaulk4637 10 κ°œμ›” μ „ +194

    There’s this game called TerraGenesis that allows players to terraform planets, I’m currently working on Venus myself and the options for removing most of the atmosphere that I used were the sequestration plant and bio fixture labs that turned the co2 into c and o2 and removing the atmosphere allowed most of the heat to escape from Venus as well, at one point the bio fixture labs were putting too much oxygen into the atmosphere so I used a hydro generator which combined some of the oxygen with hydrogen to create water, which I eventually stabilized to the point that plants could grow, so we started with the nitrogen fixing microbes so we could add plants that could sustain humanity and any other creatures that I will add in the future, and it only took 500+ years in game.
    Edit: it was Not 500 odd years, it was 3500-4000 years, in game, I’m not an immortal being
    Edit from 7 months in the future, I have terraformed the moon, Venus, mars and am currently working on Io which is a moon of Jupiter that has ice oceans underneath it’s surface, I haven’t played in months so now was a good time to come back to it

    • @VoidedVoidedVoidedVoid
      @VoidedVoidedVoidedVoid 5 κ°œμ›” μ „ +7

      i play terragenesis and its going well

    • @laurenfaulk4637
      @laurenfaulk4637 2 κ°œμ›” μ „ +4

      @@Dinosaur_lover1 I usually play on IOS but I think it’s available on PC

    • @cristinaossola7619
      @cristinaossola7619 15 일 μ „ +3

      Bro you Just made me to want to play It again

  • @fayaz5631
    @fayaz5631 6 κ°œμ›” μ „ +15

    "Hey Ferb,I know what we are going to do today"

  • @LavaCreeperPeople
    @LavaCreeperPeople 2 λ…„ μ „ +4598

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

    • @samsizer2919
      @samsizer2919 2 λ…„ μ „ +400

      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 2 λ…„ μ „ +142

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

    • @reignergaming1801
      @reignergaming1801 2 λ…„ μ „ +215

      "How to terraform earth"

    • @michaelgutin925
      @michaelgutin925 2 λ…„ μ „ +154

      @@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 2 λ…„ μ „ +2

      Yes

  • @zman4708
    @zman4708 2 λ…„ μ „ +9520

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

    • @sjt101
      @sjt101 2 λ…„ μ „ +272

      The TVA taking notes right now ✍️

    • @ArtemisAYO
      @ArtemisAYO 2 λ…„ μ „ +38

      Haha yes

    • @daveigerman7209
      @daveigerman7209 2 λ…„ μ „ +17

      Lol nice

    • @hooooman.
      @hooooman. 2 λ…„ μ „ +48

      That "five" destroyed the flow of the comment πŸ˜‚

    • @mystery_mre8166
      @mystery_mre8166 2 λ…„ μ „ +77

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

  • @mrpjetrov378
    @mrpjetrov378 4 κ°œμ›” μ „ +48

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

    • @CodyMapping
      @CodyMapping 3 일 μ „ +2

      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..

  • @jackkraus6948
    @jackkraus6948 6 κ°œμ›” μ „ +19

    This should become a series for every planet in the solar system, so excited for the Jupiter episode /j

  • @wilmeroberg9794
    @wilmeroberg9794 2 λ…„ μ „ +894

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

    • @themadsuika3909
      @themadsuika3909 2 λ…„ μ „ +23

      ITS WAS ME!

    • @aezzil3536
      @aezzil3536 2 λ…„ μ „ +66

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

    • @yadatada5556
      @yadatada5556 2 λ…„ μ „ +22

      @@themadsuika3909 you monster!

    • @rugvedkulkarni1593
      @rugvedkulkarni1593 2 λ…„ μ „ +47

      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 2 λ…„ μ „ +33

      @@rugvedkulkarni1593 penguins everywhere

  • @richardsplett
    @richardsplett 2 λ…„ μ „ +2584

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

    • @synthetic8397
      @synthetic8397 2 λ…„ μ „ +13

      The moon still be a better place

    • @10xyzYT
      @10xyzYT 2 λ…„ μ „ +17

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

    • @synthetic8397
      @synthetic8397 2 λ…„ μ „ +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 πŸ€¨πŸ˜‘πŸ˜πŸ˜£πŸ˜­
      Fuck Money
      And earth people

    • @synthetic8397
      @synthetic8397 2 λ…„ μ „ +1

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

    • @maurygonzalez1969
      @maurygonzalez1969 2 λ…„ μ „ +1

      🀣

  • @affaaffaafjkfabhjkfa3708
    @affaaffaafjkfabhjkfa3708 9 κ°œμ›” μ „ +32

    Man i don't wanna die,i wanna see all of this happen!

    • @DanHubHD
      @DanHubHD κ°œμ›” μ „

      Relateble...so relateble. 🫠

    • @fxeditors
      @fxeditors κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

      Same 😭

    • @fxeditors
      @fxeditors κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

      Why is our lifespan so short 🀬😭

    • @affaaffaafjkfabhjkfa3708
      @affaaffaafjkfabhjkfa3708 κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

      @@fxeditors Well if i had to point fingers i'd say without the thousands years of religion surpressing science we would already have cracked how to stop cells degeneration based on other animals,and tbh even this days it's stopping those ideas and concepts cuz religion considers it unnatural

    • @pacotaco1246
      @pacotaco1246 27 일 μ „ +1

      Live!

  • @evancraftgc6271
    @evancraftgc6271 λ…„ μ „ +6

    7:48 the second splatoon referance I've noticed in Kurzgesagt videos. The first I noticed the day before yesterday.

  • @somert170
    @somert170 2 λ…„ μ „ +520

    Tutorials on youtube are reaching a whole new level

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 2 λ…„ μ „ +1

      of stupidity! Please don't believe this rot!

    • @shitass1394
      @shitass1394 2 λ…„ μ „ +5

      lmfao

    • @dubbyy_
      @dubbyy_ 2 λ…„ μ „

      Me Here what about the video is stupid

    • @cauahalley648
      @cauahalley648 2 λ…„ μ „ +6

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

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 2 λ…„ μ „ +1

      ​@@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!

  • @benc2068
    @benc2068 2 λ…„ μ „ +1786

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

    • @radhakumari3341
      @radhakumari3341 2 λ…„ μ „ +113

      Yeeet the stuff πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople 2 λ…„ μ „ +3

      lmao

    • @johann6062
      @johann6062 2 λ…„ μ „ +80

      πŸ’€ every video he finds a way to fit those rails in his solutions

    • @El-Burrito
      @El-Burrito 2 λ…„ μ „ +28

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

    • @generalcodsworth4417
      @generalcodsworth4417 2 λ…„ μ „ +56

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

  • @gabrielpelak5366
    @gabrielpelak5366 λ…„ μ „ +7

    Aliens be like: Mom I have a Venus terraforming project to bring to school tommorow

  • @CarimFadil
    @CarimFadil 8 κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

    Maybe my favorite channel on KRplus! Thanks for all the work you do!

  • @LarkinMiller
    @LarkinMiller 2 λ…„ μ „ +2120

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

    • @joe_mama_
      @joe_mama_ 2 λ…„ μ „ +39

      We should just do it quickly

    • @Basman222
      @Basman222 2 λ…„ μ „ +4

      I liked so you can have 69 likes. Nice

    • @annidromeda
      @annidromeda 2 λ…„ μ „ +7

      You need to go fast?
      (plays Eurobeat)

    • @Raygo.
      @Raygo. 2 λ…„ μ „ +12

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

    • @ruwanithanuja3798
      @ruwanithanuja3798 2 λ…„ μ „

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

  • @TheQueenofNeckbeards
    @TheQueenofNeckbeards 2 λ…„ μ „ +3675

    dang Venus’ atmosphere looking kinda sequestered and breathable 😳

    • @sixela6
      @sixela6 2 λ…„ μ „ +172

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

    • @JESUSWASAJUGGALO
      @JESUSWASAJUGGALO 2 λ…„ μ „ +80

      oh i hate this

    • @sixela6
      @sixela6 2 λ…„ μ „ +112

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

    • @JESUSWASAJUGGALO
      @JESUSWASAJUGGALO 2 λ…„ μ „ +102

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

    • @babytree6090
      @babytree6090 2 λ…„ μ „ +13

      @@JESUSWASAJUGGALO Tf

  • @user-bq5nx4uj4g
    @user-bq5nx4uj4g 6 κ°œμ›” μ „ +4

    super quick and easy guide, will help loads with my upcoming project you earned a sub

  • @stillbrian9448
    @stillbrian9448 κ°œμ›” μ „ +2

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

  • @ultrafastidious6497
    @ultrafastidious6497 2 λ…„ μ „ +1515

    "Terraforming Venus is easier than you think"
    *proceeds to pull out a planet size mirror out of their ass.

    • @AicyDC
      @AicyDC 2 λ…„ μ „ +81

      It's not planet sized, it's relatively small. You can make it small by having it a lot closer to the sun.

    • @abelsenarega1599
      @abelsenarega1599 2 λ…„ μ „ +15

      @@AicyDC that is very stupid

    • @AicyDC
      @AicyDC 2 λ…„ μ „ +80

      @@abelsenarega1599 get a lightbulb in your house and compare how big the shadow it makes is when you put your hand close to it vs further away

    • @abelsenarega1599
      @abelsenarega1599 2 λ…„ μ „ +37

      @@AicyDC that works when the object that emits the light is smaller than the target object right? The sun is wayyyyyyy bigger than Venus, I don’t see how putting the mirror closer to it, would make the shadow bigger on Venus.

    • @rogerhill1030
      @rogerhill1030 2 λ…„ μ „ +41

      @@abelsenarega1599 You don't need to completely shade the whole planet, just reduce the amount of energy going into Venus so that it is less than the energy leaving the planet. Blocking the whole planet's would do this faster, but it isn't essential.

  • @Kevroa1
    @Kevroa1 2 λ…„ μ „ +3234

    β€œMight 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 2 λ…„ μ „ +74

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

    • @expendablejay9416
      @expendablejay9416 2 λ…„ μ „ +54

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

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 2 λ…„ μ „ +18

      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 2 λ…„ μ „ +73

      Can't expect that teraforming planets will be easy

    • @hambos
      @hambos 2 λ…„ μ „ +7

      Ikr, like how harder can it be?

  • @cdathedinoboy4746
    @cdathedinoboy4746 λ…„ μ „ +2

    I love how 7:49 has Small fry and a golden egg from Splatoon 3 and a cheep cheep from mario, and on 9:39 a Pikachu, more cheep cheeps and a piranha plant.

  • @Seko_isDumb
    @Seko_isDumb 19 일 μ „ +1

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

  • @CaramidaDeCasa
    @CaramidaDeCasa 2 λ…„ μ „ +32493

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

    • @sivagolla7635
      @sivagolla7635 2 λ…„ μ „ +826

      *Yeah... Probably...*

    • @slavicnonatho8062
      @slavicnonatho8062 2 λ…„ μ „ +2321

      *silence, verified youtuber*

    • @w.t.5136
      @w.t.5136 2 λ…„ μ „ +731

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

    • @lastdolphinator4033
      @lastdolphinator4033 2 λ…„ μ „ +2186

      @@w.t.5136 silence health nerd

    • @cosmodian6492
      @cosmodian6492 2 λ…„ μ „ +49

      Why tho?

  • @williamreely4431
    @williamreely4431 2 λ…„ μ „ +2026

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

    • @hugochhoeu9204
      @hugochhoeu9204 2 λ…„ μ „ +17

      cant you terraform just one part of the planet

    • @YeOldeGeezer
      @YeOldeGeezer 2 λ…„ μ „ +33

      You need a lot of RAM for that

    • @nathananderson7439
      @nathananderson7439 2 λ…„ μ „ +31

      @@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 2 λ…„ μ „ +6

      And mirrors

    • @robinraphael
      @robinraphael 2 λ…„ μ „ +13

      That and duct tape

  • @mrvk39
    @mrvk39 10 κ°œμ›” μ „ +7

    I wonder if the whole mirror idea could be used as an energy source? Instead of aimlessly bounce around solar light, it could accumulate it on places and transfer it to the surface of the planet providing enough energy to address all other terraforming needs.

  • @envar1
    @envar1 κ°œμ›” μ „ +3

    12:11 it feels illegal to see actually human faces in a Kurzgesagt video πŸ˜‚

  • @theEdmontonians
    @theEdmontonians 2 λ…„ μ „ +1915

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

    • @jabjab2286
      @jabjab2286 2 λ…„ μ „ +77

      This is the most underrated comment I've seen yet

    • @theEdmontonians
      @theEdmontonians 2 λ…„ μ „ +8

      @@jabjab2286thanks

    • @theEdmontonians
      @theEdmontonians 2 λ…„ μ „ +3

      @@jabjab2286 thanks strong owl man

    • @guitarrobot9056
      @guitarrobot9056 2 λ…„ μ „ +11

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

    • @theEdmontonians
      @theEdmontonians 2 λ…„ μ „ +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)

  • @zhangalex734
    @zhangalex734 2 λ…„ μ „ +538

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

  • @russward2612
    @russward2612 6 κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

    Military sci-fi writer David Drake addresses this question in his novellas "Surface Action" and "The Jungle".
    They're a fun read. That Venus is a scary place.

  • @ET_CostaLotta
    @ET_CostaLotta λ…„ μ „ +6

    I love these videos especially this one i love it when u guys animate the videos to look like video games to make it more interesting to kids thats smart and kids could learn more and these videos look fun which will make the kids want to learn im a kid myself and i love it

  • @Devedrus
    @Devedrus 2 λ…„ μ „ +3735

    All the hours spent playing Spore are finally going to pay off.

  • @eetuerrenor5757
    @eetuerrenor5757 2 λ…„ μ „ +1464

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

    • @briandiehl9257
      @briandiehl9257 2 λ…„ μ „ +55

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

    • @boygenius538_8
      @boygenius538_8 2 λ…„ μ „ +37

      @@briandiehl9257 lol be my guest

    • @vyankatesh1051
      @vyankatesh1051 2 λ…„ μ „ +4

      @@briandiehl9257 so you are saying this is viable. πŸ€”

    • @psychicmane7636
      @psychicmane7636 2 λ…„ μ „ +31

      @@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 2 λ…„ μ „ +3

      Horrible ideas

  • @Hey_yall.Weston_here
    @Hey_yall.Weston_here 9 κ°œμ›” μ „ +2

    Kurzgesagt: let’s colonize a planet!
    Everyone: let me guess, mirrors and tethers?

  • @benjiverse6969
    @benjiverse6969 11 κ°œμ›” μ „ +3

    thank you, i will now proceed to do this

  • @desu38
    @desu38 2 λ…„ μ „ +1860

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

    • @abdulhafeez5915
      @abdulhafeez5915 2 λ…„ μ „ +244

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

    • @kiyoshiinoto
      @kiyoshiinoto 2 λ…„ μ „ +204

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

    • @cherubin7th
      @cherubin7th 2 λ…„ μ „ +21

      Just like on earth

    • @Voya_Walk
      @Voya_Walk 2 λ…„ μ „ +18

      I’ve mastered the art of the mask

    • @arunnakamura7415
      @arunnakamura7415 2 λ…„ μ „ +23

      Muh rights

  • @krisirk
    @krisirk 2 λ…„ μ „ +1422

    My Manager: I want it Terraformed by tomorrow morning.

    • @TamWam_
      @TamWam_ 2 λ…„ μ „ +23

      lmao true

    • @fluke7506
      @fluke7506 2 λ…„ μ „ +7

      Too true

    • @M4V3RiCkU235
      @M4V3RiCkU235 2 λ…„ μ „ +13

      Yesterday ! Is not done yet ?!

    • @jama211
      @jama211 2 λ…„ μ „ +3

      Before you go home!

    • @Ramzuiv
      @Ramzuiv 2 λ…„ μ „ +2

      I'm with your manager on this one

  • @VesmirCorporation
    @VesmirCorporation κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

    Kurzgesagt, thank you so much for all these tutorials.

  • @Maxwell3Gaming
    @Maxwell3Gaming 7 κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

    Thanks man! I'll be sure to do this sidequest right now!

  • @ZZ-sb8os
    @ZZ-sb8os 2 λ…„ μ „ +2016

    I feel like modern humans dreaming about terraforming planets is like the ancient Romans dreaming about going to the Moon. Not that it's impossible, but that it's a dream that's going to take many, many generations of progress before it's even barely feasible.

    • @Shawn-ho6de
      @Shawn-ho6de 2 λ…„ μ „ +55

      That was an interesting comment! Good point

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 2 λ…„ μ „ +119

      Imagine seeing the moon landing as an ancient Greece your whole life would be complete

    • @ciccioforchetta885
      @ciccioforchetta885 2 λ…„ μ „ +11

      And we dont have that time

    • @twins2646
      @twins2646 2 λ…„ μ „ +3

      Would take along time and alot of cooperation from everyone. Not impossible just to much money... But rewards would be outrageous

    • @parvizheydari6564
      @parvizheydari6564 2 λ…„ μ „ +29

      well, the only problem is that people with doubts will ruin it, we need people with bright minds and ideas to push the process forward!

  • @Kiwi2703
    @Kiwi2703 2 λ…„ μ „ +602

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

  • @Utahraptor_123
    @Utahraptor_123 κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

    Thanks man, this really helped

  • @eggmon420
    @eggmon420 κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

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

  • @TheCornDog.
    @TheCornDog. 2 λ…„ μ „ +1902

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

    • @oghuzkhan6136
      @oghuzkhan6136 2 λ…„ μ „ +55

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

    • @NotMichaelEither
      @NotMichaelEither 2 λ…„ μ „ +134

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

    • @akromimubarok6626
      @akromimubarok6626 2 λ…„ μ „ +11

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

    • @zekeviews
      @zekeviews 2 λ…„ μ „ +43

      y DonT wE taKE BikIni boTtoM n PusH it SoMewhEre ElsE

    • @MindForgedManacle
      @MindForgedManacle 2 λ…„ μ „ +27

      @@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

  • @Mantequillaa_
    @Mantequillaa_ λ…„ μ „ +4

    I couldn’t live on venus thinking that if one of those mirrors malfunction then I might be roasted alive in a split second πŸ’€ Still awesome video!

  • @95Geli
    @95Geli 2 λ…„ μ „ +1236

    This did not sound easier than I imagined..

    • @riccosu3599
      @riccosu3599 2 λ…„ μ „ +14

      LFMAO this got me dead

    • @nanananaxhhd4330
      @nanananaxhhd4330 2 λ…„ μ „ +2

      @@riccosu3599 same

    • @mr_poopyheadpro2806
      @mr_poopyheadpro2806 2 λ…„ μ „ +10

      Its easy, just wait some next generations

    • @p3el_
      @p3el_ 2 λ…„ μ „

      @@mr_poopyheadpro2806 and somehow have impossibly good luck.

    • @danielhicks1824
      @danielhicks1824 2 λ…„ μ „ +9

      Sounds like the real answer is build a Dyson Sphere first

  • @christophernicolson5086
    @christophernicolson5086 4 κ°œμ›” μ „ +1

    The reflector shield in space that acts as a sail is actually near a gravity well known as the L1 Langrangian point. Moving the reflector shield slifhtly nearer the sun would allow the solar wind to balance the gravity in a gravity lock that wouldnt need much recalibration.

  • @esreverreverse1769
    @esreverreverse1769 2 λ…„ μ „ +693

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

    • @jakeweberzwier8655
      @jakeweberzwier8655 2 λ…„ μ „ +42

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

    • @brandonvelde5774
      @brandonvelde5774 2 λ…„ μ „ +24

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

    • @Naw662
      @Naw662 2 λ…„ μ „ +27

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

    • @goemon9378
      @goemon9378 2 λ…„ μ „ +2

      that's an omniman reference isn't it

    • @hellbusterdragon
      @hellbusterdragon 2 λ…„ μ „ +2

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

  • @LunarWolf-ug8rw
    @LunarWolf-ug8rw 10 κ°œμ›” μ „

    Kurzgesagt pls do more transforming videos😊😊😊
    These kind of videos are the best for me ❀❀❀

  • @astethii9521
    @astethii9521 2 λ…„ μ „ +1293

    imagine this video was named: β€œDIY Venus Terraformation!”

  • @stellasafaryan489
    @stellasafaryan489 3 κ°œμ›” μ „

    7:48 Cheep-Cheep (Super Mario) on right
    9:38 Pikachu (PokΓ©mon)
    9:40 Piranha Plant (Super Mario) on left