Scenarios about 'resource extraction'
Resource extraction refers to the removal of raw materials from the natural environment for human use, including mining, drilling, logging, and harvesting. Throughout history, control over resources like precious metals, fossil fuels, and strategic minerals has driven colonization, sparked conflicts, and determined economic and political power balances between nations. In alternate history scenarios, different patterns of resource discovery, technological development for extraction, or resource distribution can dramatically alter the trajectory of civilizations and global power structures.
What If Whitehorse Implemented Different Mining Regulations?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the capital of Yukon Territory established stricter environmental mining regulations in the 1970s, dramatically altering the region's economic development, environmental health, and Indigenous relations.
What If Xinjiang Developed Different Economic Strategies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where China's Xinjiang region pursued alternative economic development paths, potentially reshaping Central Asian geopolitics, ethnic relations, and the modern Belt and Road Initiative.