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Old 23-February-2006, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Nicolas
And if you confine your thoughts to reality?

Terraforming 101: perform a notable, controllable and reversible influence on the weather on (part of) the earth. Failed the test? Then why dream about terraforming another planet?
I disagree. First attempt at terraforming SHOULD be done on a lifeless planet. That way if your first try screws up, it is not fatal. A "notable, controllable and reversible influence on the weather on (part of) the earth" should not be even attempted until we worked out the bugs elsewhere.

Not that it is close to reality either...
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