Re: [GZG] Re: Gzg-l Digest, Vol 13, Issue 9

["Laserlight" <laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > After 100 years, with a 3% growth rate you get about 16 million...
>
> You need to be careful of carrying capacity issues though. If you're
> bumping around at near capacity (even if capacity is growing) you growth
> rate will be constrained heavily.

Yeah, I'm assuming these are fresh planets where you just throw wheat seed 
on the ground and jump back. :-) The point was that even with optimistic 
assumptions, your population is just not going to very big--sixteen millioin 
is enough to field an army but it's not going to compete with the NAC, NSL, 
etc.

> P.S. Should be able to post the spreadsheets tomorrow.

Send me a copy too, please.. 

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