Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151206164217/@comment-14909251-20151213061347

Phantomlink959 wrote: My bd, Blake said it.

"Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world" That depends on how Blake meant it. For one, "energy propellant" may be referring to refined Dust. It could be the case that the SDC is the largest miner of Dust, but other companies are more focused on refining into a more marketable product than raw Dust. Another possibility is that Atlas is going through something similar to the United States. Once upon a time, the U.S. was the largest producer of oil, but after the 1970's production began shifting overseas. Recently, the U.S. has moved to reclaim that spot through fracking, but for decades America produced only a fraction of its oil needs. Maybe the SDC was the largest producer, but domestic resources are running short and companies in other Kingdoms are taking their place with more abundant Dust reserves.