This makes sense to me. I have little interest in "True crime" but know folks who do - and they're ... a bit off.

Indeed, they were - because of multiple la nina years, as I understand it. And it was hot and dry, just like now.

Well, unfortunately, he is right. The capital city of my state is going nuts with having these things built saying they'll 'provide jobs.' Not for folks here, after the construction is done.

Oh you mean like the La Nina pattern that was happening exactly as it is now 100 years ago, which made the western United States the hottest on record, with most records for all time highs still unbroken? OK.

A huge amount of Heinlien's "Juvenile" stuff had a lot of good hard science in it. Was all of it right? I vaguely remember seeing some that I thought had been proven wrong but that is what happens with science. The stories are entertaining and sometimes thought provoking and why else does one read science fiction?

No, it's about a teenager boy and his father and stepmother who emigrate from a crowded and slightly hungry earth to be farmers on Ganymede. It's been terraformed of course :). It was a good story, actually.

And why should they if they don't want to have one? If you want beaches, forests, deserts, mountains...we have them all. I have a passport but I can certainly understand others thinking it has no value for them. It's called 'personal choice.'

Yes, exactly. I read it as an adult and thought 'wow.'

The first thing I thought about when I read this was Heinlein's juvenile fiction _Farmer in the Sky_.

Yeah this first started with the 2001 tech downturn. There were no juniors being hired for years. I started my career in this field 40 years ago - and as I leave it in the next few years, it's going into terminal decline.

LOL. Yeah. Starlink is pretty great too.

How about both? I'd like to preserve all of us :). But, seriously, I know what you mean. It just goes to show you how sociopathic most of society is. Plus...what's the energy required to boost all these mirrors to orbit? I know SpaceX has lowered costs but this wouldn't be LEO I wouldn't think...

yeah goodness, a 2000 square foot house shouldn't have a 5000 square foot lot after all.

Or someone on lots of psychiatric meds and hormones.

Indeed, but this may be the year, unfortunately, because they can be convenient.