restoring the dream

On 10/11/11 2:07 PM, brooksn wrote:

> Interesting, another idea would be to make it the mission of the space
> colony to save Earth. If you lose you became the last humans if you win,
> you save Earth from destroying itself.
>
> So Earth is facing global warming and overpopulation, so you address
> those issues from orbit. You build SSP or even nuclear, fission or
> fusion, to harness power to replace coal. You mine asteroids, moon, etc.
> to reduce the pollution from mining on Earth. You build larger and
> larger habitats to house the exodus from Earth. You build a space
> elevator from asteroid material to continuously increase the population
> in orbit, reduce the population on the planet. You build up your
> capacity to grow food, as well as build up industry in orbit so as not
> to rely on Earth for goods. You can even start partially blocking the
> sun out, reducing incoming solar radiation to reduce the temperature.

Thank you Brooks -- these are great ideas.

Per my last message, I don't know when/if I'll have time to write such a
game... but I will certainly keep it on my to-do list, and keep fleshing
out the concept until the day comes when I'm able to tackle it.

(Just to avoid confusion: in my last message I was proposing more of an
interactive visualization of a single colony, which is a much simpler
idea than a full-on civilization sim as we're discussing here.)

Best,
- Joe