There's fusion, so why's there poverty?

GStone · Post by **GStone** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:11 am

This idea just hit me. If there's reliable and efficient fusion in Star Wars, how is it that there's such horrid poverty, even on planets, like Tatooine? Maybe you could stretch it with overcrowding, but when there are sparce population planets, like Tatooine, how does it stay that way? I can't think it's a deliberate thing by the local government/gangsters, so they could get the better stuff. Jabba's place didn't seem that well off.

Mr. Oragahn · Post by **Mr. Oragahn** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:11 am

What about the materials needed for fusion? Maybe the reactors are too specific, and that even if they're wide spread, not everybody can build them.
Say it's like unstandardized mp3 formats.

GStone · Post by **GStone** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:46 pm

If fusion's supposed to power everything, you're gonna need something that's fairly common to use it regularly. Since they'll leave huge amounts of solid waste in space, to separate out specific materials might require regular melting, so they might not have any good fission capabilities. The only fission ones I've heard of is in the EU, but if the canon had it, you'd think SDs would have some part of them for it.

Post by **Jedi Master Spock** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:28 pm

Mr. Oragahn wrote:What about the materials needed for fusion? Maybe the reactors are too specific, and that even if they're wide spread, not everybody can build them.
Say it's like unstandardized mp3 formats.

Hm... but even fairly poor individuals can round up a fusion generator and use it. They are easily as common as gasoline motors/generators in the real world.

It is a point worth considering...

Mr. Oragahn · Post by **Mr. Oragahn** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:01 pm

Jedi Master Spock wrote:
Mr. Oragahn wrote:What about the materials needed for fusion? Maybe the reactors are too specific, and that even if they're wide spread, not everybody can build them.
Say it's like unstandardized mp3 formats.
Hm... but even fairly poor individuals can round up a fusion generator and use it. They are easily as common as gasoline motors/generators in the real world.

It is a point worth considering...

Well, ressources can become scarce, trade routes can be hijacked or blockaded, prices can rise.
For example, the Hutt could control most of the "fuel" arrival on Tatooine, and it would be very risky to blackmail them on their own grounds, and their own lands.

SailorSaturn13 · Post by **SailorSaturn13** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:25 am

Mr. Oragahn wrote:
Jedi Master Spock wrote:
Mr. Oragahn wrote:What about the materials needed for fusion? Maybe the reactors are too specific, and that even if they're wide spread, not everybody can build them.
Say it's like unstandardized mp3 formats.
Hm... but even fairly poor individuals can round up a fusion generator and use it. They are easily as common as gasoline motors/generators in the real world.

It is a point worth considering...
Well, ressources can become scarce, trade routes can be hijacked or blockaded, prices can rise.
For example, the Hutt could control most of the "fuel" arrival on Tatooine, and it would be very risky to blackmail them on their own grounds, and their own lands.

Well it's simple: energy isn't everything. Most costs today are production costs, not energy costs. The energy price on, say , Russian inner market, ist times smaller than in the west... but the prducts aren't much cheaper, nor are people richer.