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  1. Geopolitical Consequences of Japanese Taiwan post-WW2

    Then we posit that the people of Taiwan make it clearly known that they wish to be under Japanese governance, until such time that the US agrees. The point is: it happens. This scenario posits the KMT does not flee to Taiwan and is crushed on the Mainland. It also posits Japan losing Taiwan...

  2. Geopolitical Consequences of Japanese Taiwan post-WW2

    In this scenario, the alternative is to hand over Taiwan to the CCP, at the height of the Cold War.

  3. Geopolitical Consequences of Japanese Taiwan post-WW2

    Thats not what ASB means.

  4. Geopolitical Consequences of Japanese Taiwan post-WW2

    First off: Yes, this is insanely unlikely, as demonstrated here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/could-japan-retain-taiwan-with-wwii-going-mostly-the-same.511050/ But lets just assume that some unlikely sequence of events takes place that results in Taiwan ending up as a part of...

  5. WI: Ghawar Field under Kuwaiti Jurisdiction?

    Borders in the Middle East were quite fluid - and, to a certain extent, they still are. So, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, could the Kuwaitis have ended up with control of the region around the Ghawar field? Putting them, no the Saudis, in control of one of the best oil fields in the entire...

  6. Viability of program to buy & emancipate slaves gradually in US?

    Are you sure?

  7. 1914 with more Liberal European Monarchies

    Let us assume that, in the years leading up to 1914, the more autocratic of the major European monarchies (Russia most of all, but also Germany and Austria) all embrace constitutional reforms that result in monarchies that are much closer to the British model. They may not be quite as...

  8. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    I really think you'll see almost the exact same leaders in industrialization as in our history, just with safer factories.

  9. Viability of program to buy & emancipate slaves gradually in US?

    There’s a limit to how much a slave owner could force their female slaves to have children. Risking their health could backfire quite quickly. Meanwhile, 50% of those births aren’t going to help take advantage of the market pressures imposed by this program. As to how much it costs, I already...

  10. Viability of program to buy & emancipate slaves gradually in US?

    There is a limit on how many slaves can be born in a given year, and that limit is even lower when female slaves are being emancipated.

  11. Viability of program to buy & emancipate slaves gradually in US?

    Three states out of many. Those riots were in NYC, were they not? A city prone to riots.

  12. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    I don't think that is likely. In fact, with steam driving mechanical power directly, through belt systems, decentralized power was preferred. By introducing electrical power generation quicker, the disadvantages of early steam is removed earlier, so, we're actually likely to see massive power...

  13. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    Heck, not just displacing them sooner, but reciprocating engines would be very niche, relatively speaking. They'd still have their uses, of course, but I have to think that turbines - perhaps rudimentary at first -would be the primary way of turning steam into useful power from almost the...

  14. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    Interesting detail that I hadn’t counted on. I imagine this is before some of the larger American copper mines came online?

  15. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    Yes, but as a system, subways did not really take off until they were electrified.

  16. AHC: A US President from every state

    We need to free up a few terms, either by Presidents not running for re-election or ending their terms early (so their VP from a different state can hold office). VP's filling out terms is probably your best way to get Presidents from small states. The problem, however, is that it would be very...

  17. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    Certainly a valid point. That could butterfly away various political failures exacerbated by slow communication - the American Revolution could be avoided, for example. On the other hand, 18th century technology might not be up to the task of laying a trans-Atlantic cable a century early. So...

  18. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    Agreed. The key part is that all these various conveniences that were introduced around the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century could be introduced earlier. Interestingly, rail cars cooled by ice were the standard well into the electric era - in this case, as the Old...

  19. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    I'd caution from thinking that we'd see non-combustion sources of energy supplant combustion. It is quite likely that this scenario would still lead to coal and then oil being the predominant sources of energy - remember that most electricity in the world comes from burning coal. What this would...

  20. Development of an Electrical Industrial Revolution

    But why would it? Austria is a terrible place for an industrial center - its up in the mountains, and, while it does have access to both the Rhine and the Danube, if you want access to those rivers, there's places that are closer to sea.
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