Note: said society is preindustrial and has ample access to flowing water, but not fossil fuels or radioactive deposits. It also has access to mountain hot springs, which I thought could also be used as “batteries” during times when streams freeze. This last point is what set him off.
He also really hates wind turbines.
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Did you know that at a depth of only a few meters underground the temperature stabilizes year round to about the mean annual temperature of the air?
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Sounds cozy. Reminds me just a bit of Dragonriders of Pern but mostly just the mountain/cave dwelling and symbiosis with a sapient flying creature part.
I like stories/settings about humans entering into mutually beneficial relationships with other sapients (biological, technological, or otherwise).
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oh i definitely had to look that up. holy shit
she was already an old lady by the time i read the first couple books (i was like 20ish) so hopefully it was just her being an out of touch old lady believing a story told to her but i dunno
a short story she wrote about dragon bonding was in my middle school lit textbook