[ExI] Terraforming Australia

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Dec 6, 2558 BE, at 9:53 AM, Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> 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.
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> 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. 

Flooding the East African Rift Valley would create an internal sea. It would also be much cheaper to carry out -- in terms of the actual flooding. (Well, IMO. Maybe I'm wrong here.) Of course, it should be studied before going there with explosives and earth movers to start the process. 

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Dan
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