Re: Terraforming Venus is a bad idea, though not impossible


Just build a sunshade at the Legrange point between Venus and the Sun
(Similar to the one that is going to have to be built to protect the
Earth).
If we could block most of the sunlight reaching Venus it is going to
cool down within a reasonable time.
We introduce some gentically manufactured lifeforms to convert the CO2
atmosphere into solid carbon and thus reduce the pressure of the
atmosphere.

It may take many years but we should be able to live on Venus
eventually.

As you all say, it might be easier to colonize the clouds first but
there are advantages of being on the surface.

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