Quote:This doesn't mean that there isn't trade with Mundanes, of course, just that the trade tends to be Fens taking stuff too and from Earth, with no 'Dane involvement outside the atmosphere. (it'd be bad enough inside the atmoshphere)
As for investment opportunities, I think we're looking at a bit of a mental disconnect. Most companies don't think in the kind of long-term investment that terraforming means. Mundanes who're thinking about getting rich off handwavium will be thinking about applying it to terrestrial problems. Like, for example, building superefficient solar cells, or biofuel generators, new pharmaceuticals, that sort of thing. Holographic TVs and cameras for better porn movies.
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