etherlance said:
Nietz said:
So, I was thinking, if we were to create this continent. We probably need a map... Anyone with paint/photoshop skills that can hook us up?
Ok you are now hereby promoted to chief geologist, go forth into our kingdom and map it's every corner.
If you're cheap for the time being you can use the Journal program (built into Winduhs Vista and Windows 7 by default).
I've run a few tabletop games, and I used it to create fairly comprehensive fictional reference maps.
Nietz said:
Snake Plissken said:
Based on the assumption that plants are still using photosynthesis to produce sugar, water, and oxygen, I'm fairly certain that if plants are utilizing CO2 3 times faster (or, three times as much CO2 in the same amount of time), oxygen would be produced 3 times faster (or, 3 times as much O2 in the same amount of time). That isn't necessarily bad at first, but we would be living in super-volatile living conditions.
Any biology or chemistry nerds want to double check that for me?
Well, I'm no educated scholar at this subject. But the whole "volatile" thing really depends on what kind of continent we are talking about. Like, is it on earth? is it domed? Is the continent on another planet larger or smaller than earth. But I would say that it might upset the balance of what we see as "air". Seeing as air is a mix of a lot of different gas.
I suspect the excess amounts of low-altitude oxygen will combine with local elements and compounds first, (iron, broken hydrogenates, etc) and the remaining Oxygen will form Ozone, which isn't exactly good to have in excess at ground level.
I suggest collecting this Ozone with expendable skimmers and filters, manned by incarcerated convicts as a form of community service.
Besides, it's Hydrogen that explodes when it combines with Oxygen. Oxygen merely "burns".
(I've electrolyzed water and tested this in real life. It's one of the first chemical experiments I did).
