Worker Automation and Pollution

[RalphTrickey]

I just played my first game. I won, but the late game got very slow because I had about 12 workers on a fully developed continent.

I could not fortify the workers because pollution would pop up without my knowing it. SMAC was smart enough to put workers on Hold when they had nothing to do. This was frustrating in a different way.

I like the SMAC method better, especially for dealing with pollution (I like long games). Does anyone have any ideas for dealing with this?

Thanks,
Ralph