Re: B Ark Colonist and Colonial Industry... [LONG[
From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 12:31:17 +0100
Subject: Re: B Ark Colonist and Colonial Industry... [LONG[
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From: "Brian Bilderback" <bbilderback@hotmail.com>
> > > A colony is unlikely to have all the population concentrated in a
> >small area. A good chunk will be devoted to transportation - raw
> >materials and goods. Another will be devoted to making
> >infrastructure - roads,
> >
> >Roads are incredibly expensive to build and maintain. Is there any
> >reason not to use GEVs instead?
>
> Make-work. Think WPA in the USA in the 1930's.
A new colony seems unlikely to need artificial make-work programs. There
will be enough to do as it is.
Greetings
Karl Heinz