Posted by: Father Tim
« on: October 08, 2011, 04:40:55 AM »Is there any way to avoid (or at least stave off) mineral shortages other than mass-producing mines (and hoping the bloody corundium doesn't run out too soon)?
Explore.
Crank out a bunch of Geo & Grav ships (or combination geo/grav ships) and explore your neighbourhood. Keep exploring until you find a good source (several million tons at 0.7+ availability) of every TN mineral. Then it's just a matter of organizing your mining and transport in the face of any shortfall.
And yeah, get all your automines off Earth and out where they're harvesting what you need.