Re: Antarctic Cities

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:42:33 +0000 (UTC), nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul Ciszek)
wrote:


In article <f85156$ojg$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <TMhpi.3903$Da.3788@trnddc07>,
Logan Kearsley <chrono.surfer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Say you want to build an independent, self-sufficient city in
Antarctica.With greenhouses for food production.

Cities are not generally noted for being self-sufficient
and nations that eschew trade with the outside world are generally
poor.

And nations that cannot grow their own food are periodically fucked.

Examples? There have been plenty of famines in history, of course,
but typically in nations which have until that point grown their own
food. Nations based on the, "we'll make other stuff and sell it to
buy food" strategy, I can't think of any offhand which have suffered
for it.

Besieged cities, perhaps, but nobody really expects a lone city to
grow its own food. And if an entire nation is effectively besieged,
it's probably fucked for reasons that go way beyond its agricultural
policies.


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