Japanese company announces plans to build a 20,000 mile high space elevator by 2050

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Haven't played Civilisation so the first thing that came to my mind was Halo.

Also think that if in places like Britain, Wind Turbines get so much negative publicity with (imo rather petty and ridiculous) campaigns such as 'Save the View', something like this could galvanise even more aggressive opposition. Then again, I'm not overly familiar with the political and social scene in Japan.