[af_vet_rr]

C: The requirements for global warming on the scale of Mars are *vast*, and wholly unlike a bunch of belching SUV's.

It would take a vast fleet of SUVs so large that they would need a crew of dozens just to navigate and maneuver ;-)

There is a trilogy of books about Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson that gets into this. They were going to use things like bacteria/plants, and what not to do it, and it was going to take quite a while before it was noticeable. He made the point that you wouldn't necessarily have to go whole-hog - that you could work on an atmosphere for low-lying areas, or work with large domes over craters.

It's interesting to think about it. I think we'll see people on Mars in our lifetime - people like Burt Rutan are going to make it happen.

[Constantine XIII]

Ugh, but those were the most grindingly boring books ever.

That and I think from reading green mars that KSR is a perv and a commie. :D