If we assume ultra cheap and efficient power production and the manufacturing advances that go along with it (and readily available private interplanetary travel and the humongous cities we've seen on the Inner Worlds both support this), it may be that organic goods such as live cattle have a lot more value relative to mechanical ones as compared to our own culture.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2005 2:40:58 am PDT #4175 of 10001
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DXMachina - Aug 11, 2005 3:32:51 am PDT #4176 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
it may be that organic goods such as live cattle have a lot more value relative to mechanical ones as compared to our own culture.
They might, but it would still be cheaper to transport semen and ova rather than the whole steer. Think of it as a cow kit.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2005 3:44:54 am PDT #4177 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it would still be cheaper to transport semen and ova rather than the whole steer.
Depends on how soon you need the steer, doesn't it?
DCJensen - Aug 11, 2005 3:48:57 am PDT #4178 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Still? Long term solution, rather than short. Perhaps reserved for massive importation, rather than short hauls.
Plus, there might be cultural reasons for live cattle on that moon/planet.
Volans - Aug 11, 2005 4:15:18 am PDT #4179 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Think of it as a cow kit.
You would need trained people to do the AI, and either actual live cows to implant the fertilized egg in, or some spiffy technological womb-machine. So maybe that herd of cows Benny was selling were all girls, with calf-beds for rent.
there might be cultural reasons for live cattle on that moon/planet
Yep - how else are you going to buy a wife, if you can't trade cattle for her?
DCJensen - Aug 11, 2005 5:26:37 am PDT #4180 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Yep - how else are you going to buy a wife, if you can't trade cattle for her?
Very true. Or steal the wife and buy the cattle...
DCJensen - Aug 11, 2005 5:27:31 am PDT #4181 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Of course, they could trade a cow for magic space beans.
tommyrot - Aug 11, 2005 5:28:58 am PDT #4182 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Or they could use the cows to create an army of cybernetic milk-producing killing machines.
sumi - Aug 11, 2005 6:50:53 am PDT #4183 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Kathy A - Aug 11, 2005 7:17:20 am PDT #4184 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Of course, they could trade a cow for magic space beans.
Now, I'm picturing the Firefly characters interacting with those from Into the Woods, with Jayne canoodling with both of the stepsisters, River utterly confusing Jack, and Zoe taking out both Princes with two blasts from her trusty rifle.