12-28-2018, 04:03 PM | #1 |
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Is CARB Possible In A Stempunk Setting?
CARB for those who don't know is the California Air Resources Board, they keep the air in California breathable and free of smog.
Now given that the Steampunk British governments primary source of revenue was property taxes and being downwind of smoke spewing factory tends to result in lower property values (apparently even over 100 years after the factory is gone) I can see them being very interested in doing something about this. So how effective could they be at finding ways around visible pollution? Now please note that I don't expect them to be very successful and I fully expect that things won't work out, like them legislating minimum property values, which would at least give the less fortunate nicer places to live, at least if they could afford them. |
12-28-2018, 06:19 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Is CARB Possible In A Stempunk Setting?
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How much of nineteenth century pollution came from factories, and how much, at least in London, from the omnipresent burning of coal for heat in residences? The latter would probably be harder to do anything about; a factory is at least a big target.
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12-28-2018, 06:19 PM | #3 |
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Re: Is CARB Possible In A Stempunk Setting?
we are going to need to hear more about your steampunk setting before answering.
In a strictly realistic setting steampunk is impossible- the power/weight, footprint, and total thrust is simply not there for steam driven technology to have gone much further than it did (ships and trains). Most steampunk settings therefore introduce something that allows it to remain viable and/or superior to the ICE thus preventing that revolution from eclipsing steam. If someone is to reduce smog hearing how they are making steam viable may be important. IE- most steampunk settings have some magical device/element/technique which boils water, no coal burner required- in such a setting smog is not an issue- steam is ultimately quite clean, its the coal you had to burn to boil it that was the issue. |
12-28-2018, 07:20 PM | #4 | |
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12-28-2018, 07:41 PM | #5 | ||
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There's no reason Zeppelins couldn't have been steam-powered, and there were steam-powered lighter-than-air and heavier than air craft that flew, experimentally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_aircraft Quote:
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12-28-2018, 09:49 PM | #6 |
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Re: Is CARB Possible In A Stempunk Setting?
As its steampunk fantastically tall chimneys might be the order of the day. Moving the coal smoke higher, serving as a dramatic location for action scenes and providing obstacles for airships to dodge.
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12-28-2018, 09:54 PM | #7 | |
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You might have neighbourhood air inspectors, armed with cloud colour index cards and smelling trumpets to determine whether they should fire up the precinct air curtain blowers.
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12-28-2018, 11:00 PM | #9 |
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...Or there are competing companies for the municipal Cleaner Airs Act tender, such as Wilkinson and Whitford Purifying Filtration Plants, whose neighbourhood extractor plants use the Foley process to chemically treat those toxic industrial emanations.
"Indeed, when the plant next to the park gets its fans turning it makes a frightful noise that upsets the parakeets, but I don't mind it so much. The colour of my whites on the line is definitely a shade brighter and the rich carbolic fragrance on the air is quite reassuring."
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12-28-2018, 11:47 PM | #10 |
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Re: Is CARB Possible In A Stempunk Setting?
No, more like methods of reducing the amount produced. Please note that at first it will only apply to visible pollution, but should soon extend to smells.
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