I suspect that the reason is that a colony in Antarctica would also receive less sunlight per square meter (and, therefore, have lower harvests or outright fail to produce food) than a colony in space where one can, for example, gather light by mirrors.
As for Kokotaljo’s world itself, I don’t think that it is of little interest. How close are already existing sci-fictional worlds to the one described in the post?
However, these mirrors could also be used to direct sunlight toward photovoltaic or solar thermal power stations in Antarctica, deserts, or at sea. The advantages of space colonies in this regard seem difficult to offset against the disadvantages of material scarcity and high logistics costs.
Perhaps a more plausible scenario is that human colonies in space were initially established to maintain the mirrors/space power stations, and after a nuclear war broke out, these space stations took in many refugees and became independent?
I suspect that the reason is that a colony in Antarctica would also receive less sunlight per square meter (and, therefore, have lower harvests or outright fail to produce food) than a colony in space where one can, for example, gather light by mirrors.
As for Kokotaljo’s world itself, I don’t think that it is of little interest. How close are already existing sci-fictional worlds to the one described in the post?
However, these mirrors could also be used to direct sunlight toward photovoltaic or solar thermal power stations in Antarctica, deserts, or at sea. The advantages of space colonies in this regard seem difficult to offset against the disadvantages of material scarcity and high logistics costs.
Perhaps a more plausible scenario is that human colonies in space were initially established to maintain the mirrors/space power stations, and after a nuclear war broke out, these space stations took in many refugees and became independent?