Which is code for agenda-driven science.
Shame, because the technique is interesting. However it's just going to be used for/funded by more climate garbage.
Forward himself appeared to be pretty pro capitalist in his sci fi writings. The very first sentence in Saturn Rukh is “Got a job for you, it pays a billion.”
The real use of these orbits is increasing the number of geosynchronous satellite slots by 3X. They could also provide better comsat coverage at high latitudes.
The ref to climate change was probably put in by some NASA PR twinkie.
The basic science is not “agenda driven”; it is really useful science for comm apps.
BTW, I had the honor of meeting Dr. Forward and contributing to one of his projects in a minor way. He had a contract from USAF to check out inertialess drives and other far-out space propulsion ideas.
He found that almost all of the novel ideas were BS or violated the laws of physics. However, he found two winners: tethers and antimatter drives. Either of those could revolutionize space travel.
I expect they used “climate monitoring” because that’s the buzzword needed to attract funding. The pole-sitters would be extremely useful for real-time weather imagery and other forms of surveillance.