Quote:Sorry for not noticing it earlier, but this is in error on two (no, three) points - first, it's not carbon that Venus is short of, given that its atmosphere is mostly CO2, but hydrogen. And second, later on in that thread the plan was revised such that Venus was exporting batteries/electrical power rather than raw fuel. Third, by processing the Venusian atmosphere into water and diamond, they're reducing its density, albeit slowly, and thereby reining in the greenhouse effect.
The visitors thought about what they'd been told. Finally, Peggy said, "Let me see if I've got this straight. They're trying to terraform this planet. In order to do that, they're going to need all the carbon they can get. But they're shipping what little carbon they do have away from the planet, mostly in the form of polluting hydrocarbons which make it more difficult to live on Earth when they're used -- that causes problems on two planets. And they're doing almost nothing to reduce the atmosphere's temperature, which is the first thing they need to do. Just how insane are the people running this project?"
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"Nyan-nyan nyan-nyan nihaou nyan!"
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."