Tuesday 3 March 2009

Infinite resources won't solve our problems

An infinite chamber of resources that need transport out to be used will not solve a resource crisis. If the chamber is full of, say, trees, then we need to send trucks and lumberjacks further and further to get the trees as time goes on. Eventually, it's not worth the trip, or it would take longer than a lifetime to return the goods.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - The only solution I can see is to move our settlement along with our harvesting.
PPS - This weirdness inspired by Greg Bear's book Eon.

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