I like all these ideas about terraforming the planets and the ‘power’ it would require. What I want to know is who is going to pay the electricity bill ?
All that's needed is to send a bunch of rich tourists there with SUV's. The exhaust will create a thicker atmosphere. Soon the resultant global warming will make Mars nice and toasty. Microbes and bacteria will feast on the man-caused sewage and waste, creating an eco-system for plants to grow and supply oxygen to the atmosphere. Easy. Just sucker a bunch of rich people and the rest will happen to terraform Mars.