Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25479664-20160418125948/@comment-27963514-20160418184516

Look, Deleted, I totally agree that the CCT and Remnant's dependance on Dust is flawed. And I also agree that there must be some other source of energy on Remnant. Aside from biofuels, there's wind turbines, hydroelectricity, solar energy, geothermal... the list goes on.

My argument is that the reasons that these alternate forms of energy are so seemingly nonexistant are the same ones that they are so scarce in the real world. Politics, business, social demands... wind turbines seem like such a great idea on paper, but my real-life community is currently fighting tooth-and-nail over the issue, because they're also dangerous and expensive to maintain, they're eyesores, wild birds get injured by them...

The kingdoms got narrow-sighted during a time of apparent peace and abundance. They didn't prepare any redundancies to the systems they had in place. Yes, we can observe from the outside and see how foolish it is to rely soley on the CCT. But who's going to fund alternate energy sources and space exploration? And why? Before the fall of the CCT, what would anyone have to gain by setting up a satellite network when there is a perfectly good system in place?

After the end of Vol3, the world might see the need for alternate energy sources and improved communication. But there's a lot of other issues that requires more immediate attention. And even when the world of Remnant can focus on the bigger picture again, it's still going to take time and money to make it happen, with no guarantee of a return investment.