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From: eoliver@hcunix.haverford.edu (Erik Oliver)
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Subject: Re: SimEarth
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Date: 13 May 91 12:59:13 GMT
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gbj@melb.bull.oz.au (Graham Jose) writes:

>On the subject of SimEarth challenges. I am having difficulty in
>generating large land masses. During the geospheric phase my land
>masses are constantly torn apart by any level of continental drift (I
>actually have to turn it off to combat this), and eventually the water
>level rises to the stage that all I have left by the evolution phase
>is a couple of rapidly shrinking islands. By the time I reach the
>civilization time scale very little land mass is left at all. Can
>someone provide me with some ideas for nuruturing my planet so that I
>can create some large (stable) continents.

>Thanks,

>Graham Jose

How about setting off some volcanoes?

Erik