A place that would have resources, since resources are abundant, if White People weren't hogging them all.
"East Aurora is a Resource Desert when it comes to mental health care, but Naperville has 200 therapists per square mile"
by Dr. Gudor July 16, 2022
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Guy 2: He “used his resources wisely.” He sat next to Kyle.
Guy 2: He “used his resources wisely.” He sat next to Kyle.
by AnonymousAligator June 11, 2022
Get the Used His Resources Wisely mug.The macro-scale version of a replicator, focused on bulk production of fundamental commodities. These sprawling industrial complexes use advanced chemistry, nuclear transmutation, and nanoscale assembly to create resources from base feedstocks. Think: pulling nitrogen and hydrogen from the air to synthesize limitless fertilizer, cracking water and atmospheric CO2 into liquid hydrocarbon fuels, or processing silicate rock into pure silicon, aluminum, and oxygen. They turn ubiquitous, low-value materials into the essential building blocks of civilization.
Example: "The asteroid base's life support is a resources synthesis plant. It eats crushed rock, extracts metals, splits the oxide for oxygen, and polymerizes the leftover carbon into plastics and synth-textiles. Your bunk and your spacesuit both started as the same handful of gravel." Resources Synthesis Plants
by Dumuabzu January 29, 2026
Get the Resources Synthesis Plants mug.The use of advanced remote sensing technologies—like muon tomography, quantum gravimetry, or deep-penetrating radar—to map and identify valuable mineral, aqueous, or energy resources buried kilometers beneath a planet's or moon's surface. It's the high-tech equivalent of X-ray vision for entire landscapes, allowing prospectors to "see" ore deposits, groundwater aquifers, or geothermal pockets without digging a single hole. This is the critical first step for any large-scale off-world mining or colony site selection.
Example: Before establishing a Mars base, a fleet of orbiters and rovers would perform Deep Resource Scanning to pinpoint the exact location of subsurface water-ice deposits, saving a colony from drilling a dozen dry holes. On an asteroid, such scanning could map the internal veins of platinum-group metals before sending in mining drones.
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