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0 pointscookiengineer1y ago0 comments

On water: More like atlantis, with a harbor and a loading dock.

Above water: maybe rope-anchored airships.

What I wanted to point out is that taxes are ground based, meaning the volume that's available above the ground usually is not used because of physical limitations of buildings and construction.

You could increase that efficiency of recurring costs for land vs storage space with airships.

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cjbgkagh1y ago

I don’t see how storage space in airships could come anywhere as cheap as storage space on land even taking land taxes into account. Airships are not cheap and would need regular maintenance. I guess the water analog of a warehouse would be a barge to get perhaps you’re thinking more of an airbarge concept. Even still, warehouses are cheap in a way that flying things are not.

cookiengineerOP1y ago

Well, this discussion is in the context of airships, so there's no question that everything that doesn't require potential energy to defeat gravity and to stay in position is more efficient.

The most efficient solution is btw not doing anything, and just leave the goods where they are produced, and stop producing too much for the own population. I'm pointing out that the concepts of finance and economies don't necessarily come hand in hand with what's more efficient to build. Otherwise people would use trains and not cars and planes.

cjbgkagh1y ago

Color me confused. I do not understand what point you're making - it appears to be all over the map until the end where it makes no point at all.

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0 pointscookiengineer1y ago0 comments

On water: More like atlantis, with a harbor and a loading dock.

Above water: maybe rope-anchored airships.

What I wanted to point out is that taxes are ground based, meaning the volume that's available above the ground usually is not used because of physical limitations of buildings and construction.

You could increase that efficiency of recurring costs for land vs storage space with airships.

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cjbgkagh1y ago

cookiengineerOP1y ago

Well, this discussion is in the context of airships, so there's no question that everything that doesn't require potential energy to defeat gravity and to stay in position is more efficient.

cjbgkagh1y ago

Color me confused. I do not understand what point you're making - it appears to be all over the map until the end where it makes no point at all.

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