* Surgical AI is being upgraded [75%]
* Better Magnetic Levitation Transport systems [46%]
* Experimental holographic display research is underway [60%]
* Kinetic Power Technologies [50%]
* Advanced hydrogen cell research is underway [81%]
PRODUCTION DECISIONS
*A highway linking several major Polish cities together is being constructed [99%]
* Spherical Solar Cells are being installed on the hills near Plock [86%]
* Several vertical farms are being constructed across Poland [100%]
* Endangered animal breeding centres are being constructed in Jeziorko [87%]
* An Advanced Medical Institution is being constructed in several cities [49%]
* Several hydrogen fuel cells and transportation units factories are being constructed. [78%]
RESOURCE DECISIONS
* Several untapped veins of natural gas are now being exploited, when the number reaches hundred the vein is empty [8.2%]
* Small mineral veins full of lead, nickel and silver are being tapped, when the number reaches one hundred the vein is empty [8.9%]
* Offshore oil rigs are being constructed, exploitation is moderate as to lessen environmental impact and promote sustainability [5.4%]
* A deposit of precious gems has been found nearing the dormant Wilcza Góra volcano, mines are being constructed [7.2%]
EVENTS
* (Nothing to report)
COMPLETED PROJECTS
Advanced VTOL Aircraft are an environmentally-friendlier counterpart to the jet aircraft, which expend copius amounts of fuel. Instead of compressing air and using fuel to to produce a spark and propulsion, it uses rotary propellers like a helicopter, with a conservative amount of biodiesel to assist in the push. But unlike a helicopter, there are two smaller rotary propellers which generally face downwards, but can adjust to move forwards and backwards. Common applications for smaller VTOL aircraft may include military applications, search and rescue missions as well as police use in the near future. Larger VTOL aircraft can be feasible to replace jet aircraft in most occasions, travelling far distances ferrying passengers with low risk of bird collision albeit at a generally slower speed. Improvements in the technology can allow them to be as quick as the average jet aircraft, and in the foreseeable future, this is a possibility.
Unlike current carbon single-walled nanotubes, these ones are ever so slightly thinner, but drastically longer, expanding the potential applications of these small but sturdy cylinders. With this research, applications from this tiny but powerful tubes are nearly limitless. Some possible applications include being used in paper batteries; a battery using a paper-thin sheet of cellulose intergrated with carbon nanotubes can act as a great substitute for regular electrodes, providing a constant stream of power as well as being used in solar cells; because of the carbon nanotube's characteristic to absorb large amounts of UV rays. In the near future, nanotubes such as these will be common in day to day views too, being used in the textile industry, medical industry in bone strengthening for breaks so they can heal with little impediment of patient as well as in electrical wires. Truly, big things come in small packages.
Vertical agriculture, unlike traditional horizontal agriculture is highly efficient, just as productive, less spacious and less damaging to the area and wildlife around it. Using traditional skyscraper build logic, the aim is create layers of agriculture, with experimental 'light filtering' to allow natural sunlight to penetrate to the layers below with no harm done. The plants will grow just as good, or even better due to less/no insects and less pesticides used to ward off the threat of the past. Vertical Farms are not nearly as costly as horizontal agriculture, because the revenue generated from buildings or the oxygen from the trees that are put in place of the old horizontal farms will surpass traditional farms. Another benefit is the low intensity of the farms, because of earlier mentioned lack of pesticides, the food will be much healthier and worth your dollar than output from horizontal farms.
After tree planting operations were completed, the baby trees were organized, planned in a sustainable fashion, for every tree cut down another must be planted. Although not as much resources will be generated, the tree farm will last longer than forests in and around Poland, and the carbon released will be captured and used/stored so it will not help the greenhouse gasses raise the Earth's temperature. Visitors can volunteer to replant the trees as well, and can donate small amounts of change to help support the operation. The trees generated over ten years can save a large forest from being used.
The Dam was constructed due to a power shortage in the Łódź and Silesian administrative divisions, caused by the shutdown of fossil fuel power plants in major cities. The dam produces about 3400kw of power and 30gw of power in a year. This will not solve the energy crisis but will ease it so additional power sources will be able to get the regions back on their feet. This dam will also help to ease the flooding in the lower divisions, but the higher divisions may experience higher than average floods. The dam will experience regular water flow of 700 cubic feet/s and is made out of solid concrete infused with carbon nanotubes to strengthen it at vulnerable areas.
The Power Plants, in coordination with the new dam, with supplement low-energy administrative divisions with the final push to allow Poland electrical stability once again in the lower area. Using the new natural gas veins, the stations will be used until 2020. This will be when spherical solar stations will replace them in favour of the ten year plan to reduce Polish carbon and greenhouse emissions significantly. It will also assist in bringing back vulnerable and endangered Polish species up in numbers. For the short-term, the stations will generate enough power to keep lower Poland on it's feet.
Nuclear Fusion Reactors, designed fairly similarly to tokamaks, require the fusion of atoms to produce extremely high of amounts of energy. Producing 15 times the input amount of energy the machine works by colliding atoms inside hot plasma inside a powerful magnetic field, fusing the atoms together and producing energy. The key to the device in quantity, not quality. The amount of atoms is so high that the energy inside is produced rapidly and in high amounts. The power generated will put Poland at such an energy surplus once production starts that it'll be forced to sell some to less fortunate comrades.
Although current bio gas usage is quite efficient by itself, by capturing spare pockets of gas, the average energy output can increase by nearly 10%, a lot considering the amount being deployed in the future. Likely places for the bio gas device to be implemented is over landfills, greenhouses and any other location releasing a significant portion of methane or any greenhouse gas. Although commercial use is going to be likely sporadic at first, creating a household variation over a green bin can produce large amounts of electricity from the decaying food matter.
Hydrogen fuel cells use hydrogen, the most abundant and explosive element in the universe, to power your vehicle. By using the hydrogen, it will produce a steady and continual stream of electricity, which the vehicle can harness for power. Out of the exhaust will come pure and fresh water, it does this by oxidizing the hydrogen, thus producing water and electricity from the heat and reaction to utilize. Although the potential in itself is exceedingly high, Poland plans on creating a solar and hydrogen hybrid, so if one energy source runs out, the other can function just fine. Polish research experts have created an efficiency of 65%, which is based on the amount of energy used instead of lost. More research is required if Poland wishes to bring this value up toward an optimistic goal of 80-95%.
The new town was constructed mainly for the purpose of tourism, with around a capacity for 2000 citizens. It certainly is a small town currently, but hotels and extra accommodation will allow tourists plenty of space to view the shops, eat at the restaurants and sightsee the upcoming tourist attractions. The revenue generated from the tourist town will help power other Polish projects being masterminded. The town will be the first constructed in the era anew, the eco-era.
The small mine was constructed to supply more sulphur for the country's increasing needs. Uses of the sulphur from the mine will mostly be for use in fertilization (aside from manure fertilization) to create the compound calcium sulfate and in the vulcanization of rubber. The fertilizer will allow the plant's efficiency with other nutrients such as nitrogen. The sulphur will assist in jumpstarting the agriculture projects abroad across Poland.
Due to the increasing investments in tourism and the environment, more and more foreign tourists are visiting Poland's many tourist attractions. To respond to this surplus of visitors, a large VTOL and Jet Aircraft Airport was built in lower Warszawa to deal with the demand of flights coming in and out of Warszawa. The airport has 60 docks for planes and currently 10 for the new off the market small VTOL private transports. It uses large amounts of solar energy and smart architects even included a vegetable garden on top for fresh food in the shops, which receive thousands of customers daily for fruit and vegetables, donuts and coffee.
Spherical Solar Cells, considered by most the most revolutionary, and obvious, advance in solar panels since their formation. Instead of having them face the sun, spherical solar cells can be placed on the ground to absorb maximum sunlight possible. The technology allows the cells to absorb about 63% more sunlight than regular solar cells. This investment could allow solar powered cars to become a viable option, as the bubbles could generate enough power to go to speeds of up to 70kph in a small car! Although still inferior to fossil fuel vehicles in term of speed and space, more developments in the concept could allow solar powered cars to become just as powerful as their polluting brethren.
With assistance from German research acquired in the Polish-German Scientific Cooperation Agreement, Poland has now developed stem cells that can be applied for more advanced purposes, such as replacing basic things such as hair follicles on the head and in the ear (curing baldness and deafness respectively.) As well as corneal stem cells (to repair blindness) as well as elements in the circulatory system (blood, heart damage, artery and vein damage) the stem cells will able to eventually replace organs themselves with an 100% success rate, as well as curing cancer. With Polish and German scientists teamed up, this may be foreseeable by the 2020s.
** Info from German Resources **
1. Synthetic Fuel - Synthetic fuel created from Germany's massive coal reserves and biomass.
2. Agriculture Research - Reliable methods for transfering favorable genes from one species of crop to another. Allowing for much more hardier and high yield crops.
3. Advanced manufacturing machines - More powerful and longer lasting manufacturing machinery in order to increase production.
4. Lab grown spider silk - Spider silk, which is three - five times stronger then steel and as light as it looks, is now allowed to be grown in labs, to a extent.
5. Reliable basic Stem cells - Basic grafts and repairs to the human body are now possible.
1. Synthetic Fuel - Synthetic fuel created from Germany's massive coal reserves and biomass.
2. Agriculture Research - Reliable methods for transfering favorable genes from one species of crop to another. Allowing for much more hardier and high yield crops.
3. Advanced manufacturing machines - More powerful and longer lasting manufacturing machinery in order to increase production.
4. Lab grown spider silk - Spider silk, which is three - five times stronger then steel and as light as it looks, is now allowed to be grown in labs, to a extent.
5. Reliable basic Stem cells - Basic grafts and repairs to the human body are now possible.
Due to unhealthy eating across the world regarding fast food restaurants, Poland is beginning to close beef farms in favour of milk and wheat in order to preserve the massive amounts of land required for Poland's medium-intensity farms. Poland expects results fairly quickly from the change of diet, mostly more active citizens and cleaner skies. Although meat is still available, for the most part veggies are the supported food in Lech's new Poland.
Using traditional skyscraper designs, the various skyscrapers will hold tomato plants, wheat, peppers and cucumbers as their crops. They will high above most buildings in major Polish cities like Wrocław, Gdańsk and Poznań at around 150m tall, only rivalled by Poland's tallest like the Sky Tower in Wrocław for example. The towers will provide a huge portion of the cities food for the certain crop, and if evenly distributed will provide a fair portion of neighbouring city's supplies as well. The wheat straw can also be transported to nearby wheat straw facilities to convert it into plastic-like material. The crops will be lit by light tubing that filters the sunlight down into their layers and water generated from humidity collected on the ceilings.
