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  1. Solar Dreams: a history of solar energy (1878 - 2025)

    I see what you did there with Venezuela and Guyana

  2. Create an Alternate group of Colonial empires not seen in our world

    Ireland! There are a variety of ways to get a United Ireland. Brian Boru is the classic. You already had Irish monks operating on Iceland before the Vikings arrive. The Papars, if I recall correctly. From there you just follow some combination of the Viking/Scandinavian and English colony...

  3. Solar Dreams: a history of solar energy (1878 - 2025)

    That was impressive, I got chills reading this. Well done!

  4. 'Blank slates': Scarcely attested persons or nations you think deserve a timeline

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Cong'er would be my vote. While it's unlikely that she'd end up in any position of authority, let alone empress regnant of China, I find the slim possiblity intriguing

  5. Hanoverian Colonies

    Maybe after the Congress of Vienna, France needs to be punished a little bit more for reasons. French Guyana is awarded to a Hanover. Near enough British Guyana to get support, but separated by Dutch Guyana, so less likely to become a defacto extension of the British colony

  6. AHC: Conquer the United States

    Here's my attempt: * war of 1812 or similar - new england breaks away and becomes British protectorate. Louisiana also become a British/Spanish condominium (but de facto British). Tecumseh's federation survives as British protectorate. This would be a devastating loss for the USA, but it is...

  7. Political System in Mexico in case of total US victory in Mexican American war?

    I think most people on this site will say that it is very unlikely that the US would actually end up annexing all of Mexico. Most Americans at the time would not want to share the country with a bunch of spanish speaking catholics. This usually results in the suggestion that the US would only...

  8. British annex Louisiana during War of 1812

    As for the question of American settlers in British Louisiana, I think the situation varies here as well. We have two primary examples, Texas and Ontario. In Texas American settlers eventually broke away and joined the US, in Ontario they ended up mostly content as British subjects. I think...

  9. British annex Louisiana during War of 1812

    I think some authors and readers need timelines to be at least somewhat likely in order to engage with them. Others only need them to be at all possible, regardless of likelihood. Prioritizing the first perspective makes absolute sense from a narrative perspective. Prioritizing the second make...

  10. British annex Louisiana during War of 1812

    Otto von Bismarck (supposedly) — 'God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.'

  11. Little known historical figures and lost opportunities

    Lists like these would probably be a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Heirs_apparent_who_never_acceded https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654563/royal-heirs-who-died-before-they-reigned There are also rebellions and revolutions that failed. The leaders or otherwise...

  12. How plausible is the concept of accelerated technological progress in alternate history?

    There are a couple of examples that come to mind: Henry Cavendish discovered tons of things in the late 18th, early 19th century. But he was so socially reclusive most of his discoveries had to be rediscovered by other people later Vacuum tubes were invented not too long before the transistor...

  13. Darwin becomes a Marxist

    Building on that, it could mean that when evolution is experimentally verified later, some people could interpret that as also supporting Marxism/socialism/communism. People often have trouble unbundling ideas

  14. Plausibility check: New England leaving the USA after a much more disasterous war of 1812?

    It seems likely that a plausible story could be told where that happens. Another factor that could be useful might be Andrew Jackson dying in New Orleans. As a storyteller your job would be to ensure that the right people encounter each other at the right time having heard the right news all...

  15. AI Generated Alternate History of Texas

    Mostly agree. I think it does have some use cases, but I generally find it's not great for me Mostly disagree. There is nothing magical about human creativity. At the very least, this is a very strong claim about the future, and I wonder how you could possibly know that

  16. WI the United Kingdom wins war of 1812

    Plausibly? Maybe an Indian buffer state that would be joined up to an ALT Canada down the road. Less plausibly? New England that breaks away during a different Hartford Convention as a protectorate, Louisiana purchase area as a shared condominium with Spain (but really under British control), as...

  17. AI Generated Alternate History of Texas

    Apologies, but I don't think I am following you either

  18. AI Generated Alternate History of Texas

    Not sure what you are saying here. Also, using fiction to talk about the future is usually unhelpful

  19. AI Generated Alternate History of Texas

    Never is a long time...

  20. AHC: Create an exotic party system

    I've had an idea brewing in the back of my mind for a while. A five pointed political compass based on the magic the gathering color wheel consisting of red for labour and socialism, green for agrarianism and environmentalism, blue for conservativism and monarchism, yellow for liberalism and...
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