global warming

[steve p]

I will cut to the chase. Its the nuclear age, all the empires have them. I am currently leading the game by 100 points. all the other nations decided it would be fun to toast each other with nukes and now the whole world is turning to desert

Is there anyway that you can reverse global warming and why is it that when grass turns to plain it wipes off all improvements (except roads), you the re-irrigate only for it to be wiped off when 2 turns later it turns to desert

[alva]

short answer:
No

[Datajack Franit]

Read this thread on the strategy forum:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64861&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

The only thing you can do is planting forests and wait 1000 years

Or you could just go and seize their cities

[WarpStorm]

If you've gotten the sun to red, it's probably a lost cause. Just kill 'em all and win this game.

[ChaotikVisions]

Its too bad you can't turn deserts into glass with mass nuking, that'd rule. I'd love teaching people not to mess with me by turning their capital and surrounding lands into blasted glass. And since the world is doomed, build a spaceship and get out of there. But be sure to use what nukes you've got left.

[aahz_capone]

In SMAC forests did reverse the effects of polution a lot. But of course poltion there was mutant alien fungus. Anyone notice how there are no mutants in civ3 after a nuklear war? hmmmm...

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by aahz_capone
Anyone notice how there are no mutants in civ3 after a nuklear war? hmmmm...

Then the game will switch to "Fallout Tactics" for a twist...

The sad fact is mutant is more a Science Fiction theme than a real horror of a nuclear war. Cancer will kill survivor early.

See Hiroshima and Nagasaki for reference

[Adm.Naismith]

Re: global warming

Originally posted by steve p
Is there anyway that you can reverse global warming?

No, they now have Mr. Bush for president in USA. The Kyoto agreement is no more popoular, and nothing can stop pollution. Pollution doesn't exist at all...

In fact is a pity you can't at least negotiate some pollution reduction with others Civ: "I'll pay you #money or xy luxuries if you build mass transportation in every enlisted cities".

[ChaotikVisions]

Bah, what does polution matter. Once it gets too bad we can just ride the spaceship to Alpha Centauri and begin anew.

[aahz_capone]

Mutants may be sci-fi, but an ironclad defeating a nuclear submarine is also out of this world. why stop there?

[IRON_BRIGADE]

Re: Re: global warming

Originally posted by Adm.Naismith


No, they now have Mr. Bush for president in USA. The Kyoto agreement is no more popoular, and nothing can stop pollution. ".

Speaking of the beloved and worshiped kyoto treaty. Two of its' own members, Spain & Portugal I guess don't really care about pollution either? They refused safe harbor to the oil tanker that recently sunk in the atlantic ocean. Hmm I wonder why?

[aahz_capone]

Iron, there are many reasons, most economical (for the harbour) but there is also an ecological reason. The oil does less damadge out in the open sea because the ocean can naturally disipate it. (The same ocean mechanics that disipate volcanic eruptions, natural gas ruptures etc). Most ecological damadge in oil spills is done on the shore, to birds and other land animals who can't stear clear of the danger. It can affect birds breeding grounds, seals whatever for almost a decade, were as the fish in the sea are only affected for about 2 years. The fish might even benefit a generation or two with the decreased fishing.

[steve p]

Originally posted by WarpStorm
If you've gotten the sun to red, it's probably a lost cause. Just kill 'em all and win this game.

I have just nuked the entire continent with 130 ICBM's and Am proceeding to walk across the Irqouis, russians and chinese

[Datajack Franit]

tsk tsk

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by steve p
I have just nuked the entire continent with 130 ICBM's

A hundred 'n what? Wich kind of production do you have set? Are you playing at an easy level? Do you have changed production with the editor? I'm a bit surprised, to said the least.

When I keep alive the game till the ICBM era, I usually build only a bunch of them.

Then I spend my production on radar artillery and Stealth bomber to soften the enemy, and plenty of Modern armour to win the prize.