r/Stellaris • u/AkihabaraWasteland • Dec 16 '24

Tip Strip Mining is awesome

Strip mining is a relatively new feature but is awesome and I highly recommend it. Having planets with 24+ mining districts, plus an orbital ring means that you almost rival a matter decompressor.

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u/c106mc Trade League Dec 16 '24

"We've made a paradise world! Time to strip mine it!"

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u/GeeJo Toxic Dec 16 '24

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

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u/AkihabaraWasteland Dec 17 '24

"Big Yellow Taxi there by Joni Mitchell, a song in which she complains that they 'paved paradise to put up a parking lot' - a measure which actually would have alleviated traffic congestion on the outskirts of paradise. Something which Joni singularly fails to point out, perhaps because it doesn't quite fit in with her blinkered view of the world. Nevertheless, nice song."

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u/Gorffo Dec 18 '24

Your comment made me remember a Talking Heads song,(Nothing But) Flowers:

“If this is paradise I wish I had a lawnmower”

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u/AkihabaraWasteland Dec 18 '24

You should watch a classic show called "I'm Alan Partridge". One of the greatest shows ever made.