[nullindividual]

That’s not what the article is about, at all.

Yes, we face an immediate climate emergency today. This article is for the humans of ~200 million years from now and avoiding the future red giant. Climate change won’t matter for them when the Earth will no longer be in the habitable zone.

Though even if we do manage to alter the orbit, the eventual white dwarf would require moving out orbit a second time, but into a highly radioactive environment.

[onemoresoop]

> This article is for the humans of ~200 million years from now

It's a bit naive to think humans will be around for 200 million years. We don't know if we'll be around for another 1 million or even less than that.

[nullindividual]

Complain to the author of the article.

[randomtoast]

> Though even if we do manage to alter the orbit

I think it can be done by diverting a very large asteroid or series of asteroids to pass close by the Earth repeatedly, using their gravity to gradually change Earth's orbit. 200 million years gives us enough time to do so.