On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:11 PM, David Scheidt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Zan Lynx <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Even in the current modern world, manpower is usually the biggest cost. >> >> So it isn't the concrete you have to worry about, it is the union-mandated >> six person minimum team to supervise the concrete repair bots. :D > > We had some concrete flat work (sidewalk and steps) done last year. > Labor -- including the labor of removing the existing work, was quite > a bit less than half the cost. While it's true that labor is the > dominating cost of much construction work, that will cease to be the > case at higher tech levels, in most worlds (and certainly not any that > hew to realistic economics).
Realistic economics and human nature just don't mix. -- Chris J. Whitcomb "I try to keep an open mind, but my brain keep falling out!" _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
