Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26173711-20200204212304/@comment-27144409-20200208032322

A closed system will eventually fail. It's just a question of which link in the system goes first, and when. Not if.

1 The farms have no more land, so the soil will probably lose nutrients, barring unknown Earth Dust and Plant Dust uses.

2 These farms get no support, they have to support everyone once any stockpiled food is used up, and there are more people in Atlas, and they will be panicy, especially if the population grows.

3 Circulating enough water without being able to melt snow in large quantities to add fresh water to the system.

4 No. More. Dust. If they need something that they can't get safely from the staff or something else inside the city without Dust, well touch luck, it's going to be rationed AF, and  once it's gone, it's gone. Never. coming. Back. Not unless they repurpose equipment and drop it into Grimm range. Then the screaming starts.