[ExI] Terraforming Australia

[Tomaz Kristan]

I am entirely in favor of your motion! Only that almost everywhere on this
planet some terraforming is quite necessary.

Exterminating hornets, snakes, adjust temperatures ... is mandatory, if you
ask me.

The majority would be horrified of course, but I don't care.


On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com> wrote:

> My kids and I just watched Home, a cute and surprisingly sophisticated SF
> Kids movie, in which invading yet buffoonish aliens displace the whole
> human population to Australia.
>
> This reminded me of the fact that there are still many places on Earth we
> should consider terraforming… for the value of the projects in and of
> themselves and because such projects that would prepare us for the much
> harder task of terraforming other planets or moons.
>
> One whole continent is Australia. It’s been discussed before, but an inner
> sea would enable Australia to support a much larger population. In a
> similar fashion, the re-greening of North Africa, perhaps with artificial
> rivers or a small sea, would also be feasible.
>
> Tara Maya
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