[Arkcon]

Originally posted by dreamplace:
What if we live in a infinite resources world like in SE4?

If some other rules from SE4 applied, it would be unpleasant. I know I'd hate it of Earth were conquered with troops, I was herded onto the assault transport, warped 20 light years away, dropped onto an Oxygen gas giant, and told, "You, chemist, make us advanced armor."

In a SE4 normal game, each planet will generate infinite resources.
Why do races need to capture others planets and start a war if everyone get infinite resources on a single planets? everyone know that war will use up a lot of resources!!

Not in SE4, my ships cost me nothing. I'm sure world gov't leaders at least slightly care about their soldiers, but they make life altering decisions for them anyway.

People in SE4 don't need to eat. Arable land on planet Earth is precious, and getting scarcer.

Living space. This has been the principal driving force for most earth conquest. There's plenty of space on Earth, we just don't want to stand shoulder to shoulder like on that Star Trek episode.

Imagine someday, people can use solar power be the source of energy?
what will happen?

See the hydrogen fuel cell thread

I'm not scientist, someone please tell me,
Does infinite energy = infinite resource?
Can we use energy to make things? (change the molecule?)

I always assumed so.

Because economy is based on "Everyone share limited resource", will our economic collapse in a infinite resoruce world?
Will our scientists continue to find out / discovery new thing after that?
or no one will work because we had unlimited resource?

Collapse? No. Alter significantly? Yes. Continue to work? Probably.

What if not everyone on Earth can get unlimited resource?
Will they share this technology to everyone since they will not missing something?
"infinite divided by any number still equal infinite"?!

Probably not, that's why people will still need to work. To acquire new advances, to distribute more items. Doctors without borders, and the new Bill Gates initiative are advancing the science of getting benefits spread around.

I disagree with both Groups that advancing western medicine isn’t needed anymore. And I personally find the whole idea dull, but hey, it’s just something I don’t want to do – more power to them. There’s a science to everything. I tell the secretar … er.. Chief Administrative Assistant here that what she does is a science, and that I’d be lost without her skills. She thinks I’m being sarcastic. But I’m sincere, I’d be lost without her.

I always wonder why scientists or government do not input more funding in the research of solar power or other re-usable energy.....

Oh they're working on it. Just results are slow to come.

Those are the questions I want answer and give someone to think....

Thank you for you time...

No prob. You caught me before the coffee kicked in, so some light work was fun

Happy Chinese New Year!
"Gong Xi Fa Cai"!

Take care.[/qb]

[ January 31, 2003, 14:53: Message edited by: Arkcon ]