08-07-2014, 02:43 AM
Given that all the OA 'core' technologies can be argued to have a beneficial impact in terms of either combatting climate change or mitigating its impact, I don't see it changing our tech timeline much, actually.
Steve Bowers has already done quite a lot of work on Hothouse Earth of the Interplanetary Age, so that may only need minor tweaking. This assumes that the climate change progresses exactly as has been predicted assuming methane release - which it probably won't. Rather it will progress, but likely with various unexpected effects or events that will give us a fair bit of wiggle room in how we depict the early timeline.
Todd
Steve Bowers has already done quite a lot of work on Hothouse Earth of the Interplanetary Age, so that may only need minor tweaking. This assumes that the climate change progresses exactly as has been predicted assuming methane release - which it probably won't. Rather it will progress, but likely with various unexpected effects or events that will give us a fair bit of wiggle room in how we depict the early timeline.
Todd