Wrote this a yr. ago. 🤷
Anyone read the book, Pillar to the Sky by William R. Forstchen? Just got it and reading the book flap. Seems a lot like what may be on the horizon and what we are going through.

"Pandemic drought, skyrocketing oil prices, dwindling energy supplies, and wars of water scarcity threaten the planet."
"A brilliant, renegade scientist is pilloried by the scientific community for his belief in a space elevator: a pillar to the sky, which he believes will make space flight fast, simple, and affordable."
"A vertiginous tower that would mine the power of the sun and supply humanity with cheap, limitless energy forever."
"Billionaire who will champion their cause, wage war with Congress and govt. bureaucracy, and, most important, finance the Herculean undertaking."
The Goddard Space Flight Center with its enormous army of scientists, engineers, and astronauts will design, machine, and build the space elevator. They will fight endless battles and overcome obstacles