Timeline for Max tech level for society of 200,000
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
10 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2023 at 16:43 | comment | added | William.L | livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/…. | |
| Feb 24, 2023 at 16:42 | comment | added | William.L | I have been really suprised by the amount of attention and debate raised over trying to answer this question, as It appears far harder to get a definitive answer than I originally assumed (and I know what they say about assuming). However, there does seem to be some consensus that a tech level somewere between the 1890's and 1920's wouldnt push suspension of disbelive to hard. In 1920 about 30% of people were farmers, and horses were not replaced by tractors until the 40's (if this site is right, link below) which answers the farming problem as far as I can tell | |
| Feb 24, 2023 at 15:15 | comment | added | Nepene Nep | They have the advantage of likely bringing in pretty high quality seeds and farming knowledge, so they can afford to have 10k people working in a number of industries, and they need less people for mining and building since they have a high tech start so they can gather a lot of resources early on and recycle them. Of course, if there's a famine or their gene edited seeds don't take, then society might devolve when most people need to turn to farming. | |
| Feb 24, 2023 at 12:58 | comment | added | Fattie | It's absolutely impossible to achieve 1900s tech level with only 200,000 people. The mining industry would be at least 10k, the steel industry at least 10k, the engine industry at least 10k, the building industry at least 10k, the loom industry at least 10k, the electrical industry at least 10k, and so on an on - I'd say, even two million people would be a stretch for 1900s technology. Could it be you mean 1800s technology ie the very early part of the industrial revolution, when we had some toy steam engines and so on? Zero chance of building the world of 1900 with 200k people. | |
| Feb 24, 2023 at 7:50 | comment | added | Luaan | They could maintain simple electronics - things like electric lighting should be fine. But definitely no microchips. Even transistors are probably too much. But as with most limited population scenarios, the biggest challenge is going to be maintaining a food supply. Hopefully they'll have access to plentiful fish (as long as they can maintain their simple boats), but they'll also need to retain highly efficient agriculture, which might be a bit of a problem without the plentiful sulphur (and energy) we get as a by-product of oil refining. I'd also worry about wood sustainability. | |
| S Feb 24, 2023 at 3:46 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S Feb 24, 2023 at 3:46 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Comments have been moved to chat; please do not continue the discussion here. Before posting a comment below this one, please review the purposes of comments. Comments that do not request clarification or suggest improvements usually belong as an answer, on Worldbuilding Meta, or in Worldbuilding Chat. Comments continuing discussion may be removed. | |
| Feb 22, 2023 at 5:21 | vote | accept | William.L | ||
| Feb 22, 2023 at 5:21 | vote | accept | William.L | ||
| Feb 22, 2023 at 5:21 | |||||
| Feb 21, 2023 at 15:48 | history | answered | Nepene Nep | CC BY-SA 4.0 |