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I don't think it was just by coincidence that Ana imagined herself on the edge of a roof and then flying like the ravens of the title.
I'm going to throw in my two cents in case anyone else has the same question...
The can contains baking soda. We know for sure when Ana brings it to her grandmother and we can read the label and see grandma's amused reaction.
But even before that scene...
It's Ana herself who first suggests that the can contains poison. Her mother just plays along.
Who would so dumb as to store a poisonous white powder in a baking soda container?
What mother would give her 8-year-child a container of poison, even to throw away?
>> Extracting oxygene from water requires a lot of energy, generating energy requires a lot of fuel
They don't have to burn any fuel; they have a geothermal power plant to generate electricity.
>> Oxygene is unstable, without a permanent resupply from plants it breaks down and disappears in a very short time
Not true, see https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i29/Dioxygen-diradical-stable.html
I've wondered about the mines too. Obviously they can't go sideways so I assume they tunneled down around the digging machine pit.
Not that they'd have much need for iron ore anyway, given that iron and steel are easy to recycle. So I think the main purpose of the mines is to isolate, punish and ultimately kill off anyone deemed undesirable. And just the threat of the mines will help keep people in line.
Another question is where do they dispose of the excavated earth? They could dig new tunnels by moving the dirt to older unused tunnels, but loose excavated dirt takes up more room than undisturbed dirt. They'd have to compact it again, which is even more work than digging it up in the first place. But if they just want to work prisoners to death, that's not a problem.
The oxygen atom is very reactive, but the molecule O2 is stable.
Why would most of the oxygen be gone? We are told repeatedly that the air is poisoned, but there is never any mention of lack of oxygen.
Even if there was no oxygen left in the atmosphere, the silo could create it by electrolysing water. We know there is no shortage of water, with groundwater having to be constantly pumped out. They also have underground farms so at least some oxygen will be generated by photosynthesis.
I don't see why they would need a ton of raw materials either. It's a closed economy and they have a very comprehensive system for repairing and recycling stuff. The silo could have been pre-stocked with anything that the founders anticipated might be needed. That said, there was a hint or two that some things might be running out. Judicial had to move cameras around because they no longer had enough functioning ones to cover everything. That will make it more difficult to prevent and quash future rebellions, so silo 18 is probably doomed anyway.
I haven't read the books, so no spoilers please.
I hope they don't devote too much time to pre-silo history. I didn't mind the slow pace because the underground world was pretty fascinating and original. There are plenty of movies and shows about things going sideways in the world, so I don't think it's necessary for this series to spend too much time on that aspect.
It's been awhile, but I think it was implied that Chad resented his former college buddy being promoted ahead of him. Howard was presented as being a pretty weak leader, so Chad likely had little respect for him. With Chad's macho talk about needing big balls to succeed in a company of men, he seemed to view the workplace as a dog-eat-dog competition. Purposely messing up the fax transmission would have been enough by itself to make Howard look incompetent, but Chad also made himself the hero by having a backup copy. So amusement may have been a big part of it, but eliminating a competitor was likely the main reason.
>> I think you are pointing out that there are a lot of holes in the logic of this series
No, quite the opposite. In fact, I said that there is at least one very good logical reason for not sending people out and letting them back in. We'll have to wait to see if my guess turns out to be right or if they offer up a different explanation. I don't see a lot of plot holes, just things that haven't been explained yet.
Obviously there was some weak writing, starting with that generator repair. And I laughed when they showed Patrick Kennedy painting a single section of wall within the otherwise unpainted vastness of the silo.
Having Holland go back into the chamber as the doors were closing was pretty ridiculous. It was also likely unnecessary to the story since I bet it will be Juliette's suit that saves her, not Holland. But I guess it made for a more dramatic cliff-hanger ending.
I'm pretty sure the father regularly drove Doris to the store. Andy described her as being blind as a bat, so she wouldn't be driving herself.
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