Planting trees to counter carbon emissions won't work

[robkelk]

Meh. This is why we need orbital tethers. :p

(Like I said - a VERY robust space program.)

And some breakthroughs in materials science, to create something that's robust enough to remain in one piece when it's that long.

Also, there aren't a lot of places on the Equator to put tethers (anywhere else would require constant thrust applied to the anchors at the space end; the idea is to bring the power down here, not use it in orbit). Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Sao Tome are the only nations with equatorial land, and most of that is near sea level (which means dealing with weather effects... but, once we have that miracle substance that will remain in one piece in that long a structure, weather effects aren't likely to matter much).
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