Questions tagged [travel]
For questions about the movement of people between locations, includes migration.
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How many miles/km of tunnels would be required to replace all airports in the world
Assume that we wanted to replace all air travel with underground, high speed tunnels like Hyperloop. How many miles/km of tunnels would be required?
For example, according to wikipedia there are 1200 ...
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Control scheme for a dragon
How would one control a dragon while riding it, especially if dynamic control is necessary?
Disclaimer: I have never ridden a horse, so my understanding here might be completely wrong.
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How would a travelling civilisation mass produce products like computers and clothing? [closed]
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The civilisation travels in a magical, unpredictable, and irreversible way through a magical item. They can only travel from a world once, so they can't constantly bring items through ...
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How to appease the Goddess of Traffic Lights
Disclaimer: The following question is an in-Universe question for a wip project called "The gods of ordinariness"
My friends, I am in a spot of trouble. On my daily drive to work, I have to ...
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To what extent would bad conditions slow down medieval travel?
I'm writing a story set in the medieval era, and it wouldn't be a real medieval story without dealing with the nightmare of the logistics of medieval travel, nor would it be a medieval story without ...
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What are some reasons for the population of a small, relatively unremarkable area to suddenly boom?
In the semi-democratic Empire known as the Aurean Dominate, the small peninsula of Sparteia has seen a population explosion over the past two centuries or so. Located in Argentolia, the most populous (...
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How long will it take for my medieval army to travel?
This question is complicated, so hang on. A medieval army made up mostly of foot soldiers wearing plate armor (although there are cavalry, they're going at the speed of the foot soldiers) with enough ...
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How advanced and/or important would aircraft be for a species capable naturally of decent to good flight? [closed]
I am wondering how a species capable naturally/supernaturally(with limits) of decent to good flight, i.e capable of flying for hours and possibly can hover, would treat aircraft like passenger jets ...
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What should be the "golden ratio" for lifting on a land glider?
Following the comment suggestions, I changed the question from directly asking for real world examples to this.
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In this setting, some decades after the 2020's, earth had some climatic ...
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Out of what type of cargo plane and at what altitude would the MC jump? [closed]
The main character needs to get from England to Norway, fast, and without anyone (Beyond a smuggler) finding out.
He’ll be jumping out of a cargo plane that is flying from England to Norway in the ...
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Need habitable barge/river boat - think British canal narrowboats but faster. Engine, build, real life inspiration ideas needed
So I have a boat which is meant for river travel, so built like a barge, flat hull etc but it's not just for cargo, think of one of those fancy modern British narrowboats with cosy furnishings etc. ...
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Eject the horses, animal safety first! How would a coachman arrange for a quick release mechanism to free the beasts?
An 18th century coachman, who really loves their horses and won't allow any harm to come to them, needs a mechanism to instantly disengage their four-wheeled carriage from the horses midride, setting ...
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'Cargo Management' on a ship transporting dragon slaves; in what position should the slavers bind the dragons up in to maximize space?
In a story I'm working on, a nation of humans with WW1-level tech and some concerningly fascist leanings encounter a late-medieval society of dragon-like creatures on a distant continent. They are ...
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Is it geologically feasible for a mountain cave system to allow passage from one side of a mountain range to another?
I have a mountain range that separates two places that certain people will want to go between fairly regularly. Right now they have to travel around or over a mountain range to do that.
I've been ...
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How long would it take for a Roman farmer to learn about Julius Caesars assassination? [closed]
I'm writing a story that follows the life of a poor plebeian farmer in the late republic. While I was working on the plot, I realized a potential plot hole: such a person would not learn about the ...
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