you would have the equivalents of both Apple and Foxconn in the same district
Yeah, exactly. I started on this headcanon before reading about the conditions at Foxconn, but turns out it's exactly what I was thinking of. :(
so much lower volume than say Detroit at peak production.
Yes, and there's good and bad aspects to that, I think? One problem is the lower productivity, but on the up side there's less automation, and thus more varied work? (Lack of such was apparently a big problem with assembly line production.)
Yes I think anyone having any kind of business (from the bakery on up) has to be licensed by the Capitol and the more potentially threatening the business the more closely that's monitored.
fernwithy is basically my go-to for headcanon on this. She's thought a lot about how the merchant system in Twelve could operate without becoming a 'problem' for the Capitol, and the answer seems to be crazy taxes, regulatory restrictions, and a heavy reliance on meeting the needs of Peacekeepers.
(especially power generation holy transmission losses, that basically cannot actually be the only place that generates power).
Yes, this is really difficult to explain, right? Unless there's been some massive advance in battery technology that's beyond our current understanding (e.g., the sort of leap that would make renewables practical rather than just a conscience-salving side gig).
I do think there have to be some concessions to reality at various points (eg, what if all the natural gas or shale oil isn't located in Five? Is the Capitol really not going to put a few wells in Ten just because it's supposed to be the livestock district??), but I suspect there's just extreme losses of productivity due to political control.
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Date: 2014-12-01 06:43 pm (UTC)Yeah, exactly. I started on this headcanon before reading about the conditions at Foxconn, but turns out it's exactly what I was thinking of. :(
so much lower volume than say Detroit at peak production.
Yes, and there's good and bad aspects to that, I think? One problem is the lower productivity, but on the up side there's less automation, and thus more varied work? (Lack of such was apparently a big problem with assembly line production.)
Yes I think anyone having any kind of business (from the bakery on up) has to be licensed by the Capitol and the more potentially threatening the business the more closely that's monitored.
(especially power generation holy transmission losses, that basically cannot actually be the only place that generates power).
Yes, this is really difficult to explain, right? Unless there's been some massive advance in battery technology that's beyond our current understanding (e.g., the sort of leap that would make renewables practical rather than just a conscience-salving side gig).
I do think there have to be some concessions to reality at various points (eg, what if all the natural gas or shale oil isn't located in Five? Is the Capitol really not going to put a few wells in Ten just because it's supposed to be the livestock district??), but I suspect there's just extreme losses of productivity due to political control.