Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. A multigenerational ship's population is losing its ability to maintain the complex mechanisms needed to keep everything functioning.
With centralized electrical generation, you get massive economies of scale. It would be very costly to duplicate generation when you can extend lines from a current grid so cheaply. The efficiency of large power plants…
Great photos! Thanks for posting this.
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. A multigenerational ship's population is losing its ability to maintain the complex mechanisms needed to keep everything functioning.
With centralized electrical generation, you get massive economies of scale. It would be very costly to duplicate generation when you can extend lines from a current grid so cheaply. The efficiency of large power plants…
Great photos! Thanks for posting this.