Scenario: this island is cut off from the rest of humanity (magic, war, space alien zoo, etc)
Which island is in the best position to maintain its civilization? Industry? Technology?
Scenario: this island is cut off from the rest of humanity (magic, war, space alien zoo, etc)
Which island is in the best position to maintain its civilization? Industry? Technology?
I think Iceland is a strong choice. It has power and rare earth resources
How much grain imports, how much petrol for fishing boats?
They could probably use some of that thermal energy to power lighting that would grow some veggies and other low-resource plants. Although they probably aren’t set up for that today.
ETA: Turns out they are set up to use thermal energy to generate their own food, which actually makes a lot of sense given how resourceful they are as a people.
They already do actually!
https://gastrogays.com/fridheimar-iceland/
https://www.vaxa.co/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varmaland
Cba adding more but they are rather good at it
Gastro gays? Sounds wild
Or just a fancy way to say canibal?