01-10-2020, 06:57 PM | #51 |
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Possible original reason for the tech: improved nitrogen fixing plants for fertilizer. There's a reason fertilizer plants explode.
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01-10-2020, 07:04 PM | #52 | |
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01-10-2020, 07:10 PM | #53 |
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Possibly, but I think if you had that technology it would be more straightforward to have every crop plant fix its own nitrogen, and to economise on transport and handling.
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01-10-2020, 07:40 PM | #54 |
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Plants do not fix nitrogen, it is symbiotic bacteria called diazotrophs that fix nitrogen (such as found in the root nodules of legumes). If you want to enrich soil, you would genetically engineer diazotrophs to be more productive or so associate with a greater range of plants. For example, genetically engineering diazotrophs to attach to hemp, and you will have a fast growing, durable, economically valuable, and legal crop (at least in the developed world) that also functions as green manure.
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Actually, as for sensing the weapon's state, there might be some benefit from a seismic/vibration sensor that monitors how the round is loaded and tamped, or that "pings" the weapon and receives a loading-state signature.
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Or, as you say, you could stick a bodkin or spine through the touchhole before fitting the cap, as a routine part of loading.
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