Official: Budget?

[Method]

how to (if at all) budget our energy?

vote for 1 in each section

• Distribute energy equally among regions
• Distribute energy among regions based on Population
• Distribute energy among regions based on Need
• Distribute energy among regions based on mineral production
• Distribute energy among regions based on Write-In
  
• Leave a reserve of 50 EC for emergencies
• Leave a reserve of 100 EC for emergencies
• Leave a reserve of 200 EC for emergencies
• Leave a reserve of 300 EC for emergencies
• Leave a reserve of 400 EC for emergencies
• Leave a reserve of 500 EC for emergencies
• Leave a reserve of write-in EC for emergencies
  
• No need for budgeting! Just poll/let the DIA decide on every rushbuild request.
• Write-In
• Xenobanana

3 days
i hope this one is to your liking

[Maniac]

I vote for an energy distribution based on a combination of 1) population, 2) energy production and 3) need. I' d like a permanent reserve of 500 ec, to be increased to 1000 ec when our energy production increases. I also have voted on "Let the DIA decide on a hurry request", more precisely in cases when the factor "3) Need" counts.

[Method]

you're making this very difficult for me

[Maniac]

Sorry.

[GeneralTacticus]

To hell with budgetting. Just approve funds for rushbuilds we need.

[Hercules]

Distribute a share of each turns energy production equally to each region, also allocating a share to reserve. In the event of an emergency a region(s) can loan energy to central HQ on the understanding it can draw on the loan at a future date. A region can also loan to other regions.
The idea is for each region to build a fund from each turn. Regional gov can audit account or TKG centrally.

The important thing is to keep energy transfer records. Complicated? A little. Closer to reality? A lot.

To start with all regions get equal share of total energy. New regions coming into existence are allocated this starting amount from turn energy production before further redistribution , either in one go or over agreed turns.

The idea is to have flexibility but also a mechanism for dealing with urgent situations.
In a crisis the DIA can step in and command all energy and issue IOU notes. (Must be officailly posted)

so we initiate the idea of intra regional commerce.

[GeneralTacticus]

The important thing is to keep energy transfer records. Complicated? A little. Closer to reality? A lot.

Do we want to imitate reality here? Reality is messy, complicated and inefficient. Why copy it, when we can do it better here?

[Archaic]

Agreed with GT. No reserve (With FM, we'll make more than enough each turn that a reserve will be irrelevant.), no distribution of funds amongst regions, just a central treasury from which funds are approved for rushbuilds as needed. (And if we don't start seeing 1 or 2 rushbuilds a turn, I'd be very suprised.)