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== Web Comics == |
== Web Comics == |
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* In ''[[Freefall]]'', two supporting characters are looking for Sam because he scammed a 50 kg bag of diamonds from them. This is supposed to trick the reader, and subvert the expectation. Diamonds are, of course, dirt cheap in the Freefall future, and someone made them by accident by feeding CO2 instead of argon into the magnetic bottle of a fusion reactor on startup. |
* In ''[[Freefall]]'', two supporting characters are looking for Sam because he scammed a 50 kg bag of diamonds from them. This is supposed to trick the reader, and subvert the expectation. Diamonds are, of course, dirt cheap in the Freefall future, and someone made them by accident by feeding CO2 instead of argon into the magnetic bottle of a fusion reactor on startup. |
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** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01404.htm Later on] Florence meets a group of robot student tailors that use gold cloth, silver thread, and lots of gems. Organic cloth is rather expensive after all. |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130308063648/http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01404.htm Later on] Florence meets a group of robot student tailors that use gold cloth, silver thread, and lots of gems. Organic cloth is rather expensive after all. |
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** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01252.htm This one] explains the trope perfectly (as well as the basis of economic trade in every time period or world ever). |
** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01252.htm This one] explains the trope perfectly (as well as the basis of economic trade in every time period or world ever). |
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* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'', aliens can synthesize gold very easily. This is sometimes used to pay for repairs to Bob's repeatedly destroyed roof. |
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'', aliens can synthesize gold very easily. This is sometimes used to pay for repairs to Bob's repeatedly destroyed roof. |
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*** Consider this, it takes 60 MJ to get on kilo of matter into space, thats more than you get from burning one kilo of methane at 100% efficiency. |
*** Consider this, it takes 60 MJ to get on kilo of matter into space, thats more than you get from burning one kilo of methane at 100% efficiency. |
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*** It's almost like the universe is taunting us. |
*** It's almost like the universe is taunting us. |
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**** If you thought that was taunting, there are bands of ''alcohol'' in the universe several [http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/beercld.htm hundreds of millions of miles long]. |
**** If you thought that was taunting, there are bands of ''alcohol'' in the universe several [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104172941/http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/beercld.htm hundreds of millions of miles long]. |
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{{quote|Scientists said the cloud, located near the constellation Aquila, contains enough alcohol to make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.}} |
{{quote|Scientists said the cloud, located near the constellation Aquila, contains enough alcohol to make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.}} |
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*** It makes one wonder why the Big Oil haven't already turned into investing in it. It's not that it isn't obtainable, it's just fiendishly expensive, and need a lot of investment to make it affordable. |
*** It makes one wonder why the Big Oil haven't already turned into investing in it. It's not that it isn't obtainable, it's just fiendishly expensive, and need a lot of investment to make it affordable. |
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