This is partly to explain the ridiculous 60m water level rise on my maps within Earth's Climate Collapse. I realize that level is unrealistic, and possibly even impossible with the volume of water available on Earth.
So let's say people start importing water to Earth, most likely from harvesting ice from asteroids. Entire glacier-sized asteroids are gently plonked into the poles, where they promptly melt.
"Oops, that didn't work. And it looks like this one was full of methane. Oopsie!"
This is obviously an idiotic idea, but it's not impossible that it might happen through greenwashing the proposal:
Reasoning to sell it to public:
- Restores glaciers, you fucking rubes. You like glaciers, right?
- More water because water is scarce now, or something, I heard? In poor people land?
- This creates jobs! Yay!
- Fewer asteroid strikes now, you absolute fucking gullible morons.
Actual back-room benefits:
- Easier to mine precious minerals rather than doing it precisely in space. Evades international asteroid mining regulations
- Public-private partnership $$$