Questions tagged [natural-resources]
For questions that deal with the natural resources found in the environment.
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Ancient Artificial Wombs
I have a humanoid race that is slightly smaller than actual humans and has a much shorter gestation period, about 3 months. Therefore, the babies are born VERY premature, but over time they have ...
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How would Merfolk make a solar oven
My merfolk species has a civilization that lives in towns floating on the oceans surface. The merfolk have legs, and can stay out of water for ~45 mins before drying out (they breath through their ...
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'Bulk, high-ish purity carbon' sources in a mostly contemporary-adjacent setting
Basically what it says on the tin. A society mostly like ours as far as it's technological base goes recently discovers a way to synthesise very useful 'crystals' with carbon, with applications in a ...
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Could a small (15km radius) planet (disregarding physics) have enough material for intelligient life to build on?
The planet's radius is 15km and has a similar density and gravity to Earth. For this question, most laws of our universe do not apply, meaning this is possible without any serious consequences. Could ...
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Can I provide sunlight many hundred meters below ground or underwater
I am working on some sort of space colony many metres below the ground or underwater. Is there any way that I can work this idea toward using natural sunlight instead of artificial light source?
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Making nuclear weapons almost impossible to build
The Issue
I am currently working on a world that is supposed to take place around the 1980s, in terms of parity with Earth, technology-wise. There is a lot of magic mixed into it as well.
The real ...
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How early technologically could manganese nodules be economically dredged if there was a serious desire to do so?
While the idea of deep sea mining has only started to see significant effort in recent times, there were earlier efforts in the 1960s and 1970s. While they were first discovered in 1868, first ...
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geology in fantasy worlds
I was wondering about how to figure out the geology of your fantasy world. For example, where would granite, limestone, sandstone, and gems (diamonds, amethyst, etc.) be placed? If a castle is made ...
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How far can a limited group of people advance in technology?
following scenario: a group of people (like 20-30) is brought to a new planet by a higher power. They are granted immortality, but can't reproduce - so they have a lot of time, but a hard limit in ...
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What would motivate a spacefaring civilization with access to effectively infinite resources to expand [closed]
I'm developing sci-fantasy setting in which the Home Planet was destroyed in an extinction level screw-up by a bunch of wizards, but a few thousand individuals were able to flee into space, and then ...
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Can an advanced android interface with nature to repair themselves? [closed]
Context: This takes place in a soft science, post apocalyptic world. The actual time is a WIP, but technology would be advanced, post nuclear age but not quite interstellar travel. The world itself ...
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How would trees which contain magic react to being cut down? [closed]
In my fantasy world, trees inhabit the magic that flows through all life. This magic contains the energy of both earth (roots) and air (branches), foregrounding the balance that is needed in both ...
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How would a medieval society look if food was not a factor to consider? [closed]
The Context
To give a short context of the question, my world is called Atmos, and it's a world where continents float above a layer of clouds. They aren't just floating islands, there are landmasses ...
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Where would an interstellar society mine phosphorous and rare earth metals?
I know that rare earth metals aren't too rare and the name is mainly due to their low density. I also know that phosphorous is comparatively rare but is hyper concentrated on Earth due to its ...
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Following normal physics, can a world be unable to make electronics due to a lack of resources/materials?
I want to have a post apocalyptic world where 21st century tech is unable to be made anymore due to humans using up all the resources on the planet. Since space programs also use computers, there ...
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