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Originally Posted by hal
Things get even more interesting if you consider the trade rules/concepts developed for the Gravity Trade model. An agricultural world exporting grains, would have to export 24 dTons of grain to equal 1 dTon of imports for pharmaceuticals or ammunition for firearms. It would have to export 600 dtons of grains to equal 1.5 dTons of Industrial crystals (assuming standard 100% value of goods being sold to each other).
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Probably covered somewhere, but what happens to the other 598.5 dTons of cargo space on trips back to Agraria from Industria? Is the shipping cost zero for practical purposes? So anything that can be sold on Agraria for more than the price on Industria gets shipped? But can Agraia afford anything other than the crystals it needs to keep the super-combines operating?