Environmental Economics Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Environmental Economics SMAC

Environmental Economics is a Build technology 5 in Firaxis' TBS Game of 1999, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (SMAC). Environmental Economics is most notable for lifting the restrictions on Energy production per square.

• Energy restrictions lifted; can produce 3+ energy per square
• Environmental Economics unlocked by: Industrial Economics, Ecological Engineering
• Environmental Economics unlocks Base Facilities: Tree Farm
• Environmental Economics unlocks Technologies: Planetary Economics, Advanced Ecological Engineering
• Environmental Economics unlocks Miscellaneous: Energy restrictions lifted; can produce 3+ energy per square. Increases Commerce income from Treaties and Pacts

Industrial expansion often comes at the cost of ecological stability. The business practice of Environmental Economics addresses this problem by finding and exploiting areas where environmental and industrial concerns overlap, such as sustainable resource use, eco-tourism, and organic product development. By combining the principles of Industrial Economics (B2) and Ecological Engineering (E4) in this new business model, ecological stability becomes a profitable endeavor.

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