The paper involves a complicated N-body problem involving using large asteroids and the gravitational influence of Jupiter and Saturn to nudge Earth into a new orbit where it can get the amount of sunlight it needs over huge timescales. It’s a thought experiment put to paper.
The math works, but the “changing the climate in the time we need” part doesn’t.
“The work that we did… plays out on time scales of billions of years, whereas the climate change we are facing now plays out in tens of years,” Adams explains. “Compare ‘10’ with ‘1,000,000,000.’”
“My take is that: The voter suppression activity going on in Texas is a far bigger and more important story than anything Louie Gohmert has to say about climate change,” Adams says.