From: Steve Charlton/Avalon Software Inc
>as capture all of the surrounding agricultural worlds. I'm sure Glisten
>had hydroponics and carniculture plants as internal food sources, but
>there would have been some form of dependence on supplemental outside
>food sources. Basically, reprocessed algae might keep you
>alive, but probably would not keep you overly happy or healthy. The
Reprocessed algae? Sheesh! "We of Glisten do not eat
'reprocessed algae'! I'll thank you to know that Glisten not only
feeds itself on the finest foodstuffs from the myriad planets of the
Imperium, we export crops from our aeroponic habitats to you
flatlanders on those harsh, dry, foul-air worlds you so love to
develop!"
Have you ever seen, in person or in pictures, Disney World's
Aeroponic gardens at Epcot Center? All the food served at Epcot
Center is grown in the aeroponic gardens, in a fraction of the space
required for dirt-grown crops. Aeroponic and hydroponic agriculture,
acre for acre, plant for plant, outproduces conventional agriculture
by a considerable margin while using LESS water and fertilizer! And
this is at TL 8! No, TL15 Glisten is not going to have a problem
feeding itself... Aki might, though.
From: [email removed] (Andy Lilly)
>Hmm. Perhaps ideally... :-) It might be fairer to note that the
> 'elected' representatives only get where they are by lying,
>back-handers, use of the media to portray them as 'nice people', etc.
>[allegedly]. They rarely think
I see you've heard of Bill Clinton over there, too. >:-|
-- Cynthia