A Mars-like environment here on Earth, with cities everywhere

"A Mars-like environment here on Earth, with cities everywhere" is a short poem by Karl Jones describing a nightmarish vision of the future.

Poem

Like terraforming, but the goal is a Mars-like environment here on Earth, with cities everywhere.

We are going to need a *great deal* of energy to reach this state.

History

• Post on Twitter.

Fiction cross-reference

• Dennis Paulson of Mars
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Mars (nonfiction)