Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDT August 2015
mustang6172:
So a windmill doesn't cause an energy imbalance, but indoor plumbing does?
This is bothering me way too much.
Zebediah:
There is apparently a limited quantity of potable water available to Alice's community. Use too much of it, and there are problems. But they aren't going to run out of wind no matter how much they use.
mustang6172:
But couldn't wind cause them to over-consume other resources?
Neko_Ali:
Not if Alice is the one controlling where the power goes and what can use it. Unlike water, electricity is only really useful by devices that run on it. Since Alice is the only one who can build or maintain electrical devices in the area she can pretty easily control how much of it gets used and for what purpose. That an as said, water for the town is still a limited resource, but that's something the townsfolk don't know and may not understand if explained to them. Over using it would benefit them in the short term, but eventually cause major harm.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: mustang6172 on 09 Aug 2015, 18:50 ---So a windmill doesn't cause an energy imbalance, but indoor plumbing does?
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The pump is nothing; Alice is just saying that it is a bad precedent that led to cultural and social (and, ultimately, economic and political) problems in the past. Specifically that too much technology-enabled wealth and ease can lead to a runaway chain-reaction of greed and acquisition that inevitably leads to a major war.
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