ECSNorway Wrote:Yes, but we've also established that the 'wave has provided a good bit in the way of easing energy costs by allowing for practical fusion power,We have? Who's using fusion? (It's past my bedtime; I'm not remembering everything.)
ECSNorway Wrote:which is going to drive oil prices into the basement (since it won't be required for electricity generation anymore) and that will alleviate a lot of it. There will be a bubble-burst and an economic dip, but it will not be anywhere near as severe as it has been RL.I don't know about that. If we're knocking the legs out from under the oil industry, I'd think the economic adjustment would be even more severe - and felt in more places around the world - than the one in RL.
I've established that Stellvia Oil does not do business on Earth precisely to stave off that particular economic adjustment. It's still going to happen; it's just happening slowly and with as little economic disruption as possible.
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Rob Kelk
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