Agriculture, glass blowing, penicillin, steam engines, and even how to plan festivals for your new society.
The production of sulfuric acid is a key metric of industrial progress; it is essential for fertilizers, metallurgy, and lead-acid batteries.
Utilize solar water disinfection (SODIS) by placing water in clear plastic bottles on a dark surface under direct sunlight for six hours to let UV radiation destroy microbes. 2. Immediate Food Security
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Historically, more people died from poor sanitation than from warfare or famine.
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Utilize wind power in flat terrain for pumping water and grinding crops. The Steam Age
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Harvested from decomposing organic matter (manure piles). Essential for making fertilizers to scale up food production, and gunpowder for large-scale mining and defense. 2. The Printing Press and Education wheel and axle
The implementation of the six simple machines—lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw—allows small groups to lift stones, mine deep tunnels, and build massive structures. Kinetic Energy
Establish control over existing stockpiles of non-perishable food, medicine, and fuel.