[ExI] Terraforming Australia

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

The issue is mostly political: you'd have to overcome resistance from those
who insist we must keep Earth largely the way it is.  Africa is perhaps
easier in that regard, because the Sahara Desert formed within modern
mankind's history, but see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification#Countermeasures_and_prevention
for other problems with reclaiming deserts.
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