Looking good but not healthy

So I have won the Space Race with my dominant empire of Persia. My empire is absolutely enormous. I have a ton of large aircrafts, industrial plants, and many other technological advances. The one thing that the game failed to mention as an economic problem was environmental problems such as oil spills, desecration of the forest, etc. There was small mention of forest destruction, but that was necessary in order to build my empire. If the game was up to par with real life economic and worldly problems then they would have had a bigger emphasis on environmental problems. The game did not have to be as serious about the environment as Canada is right now. It sets a goal of cutting emissions of greenhouse gases by 20%, by 2020, and air pollutants from industry by half, by 2015. Canada sets a goal of cutting emissions of greenhouse gases by 20%, by 2020, and air pollutants from industry by half, by 2015. These goals are a little bit far fetched, but it shows that I wish the game would put more of an emphasis on environmental problems because that is such a big problem in the world today. I have oil spills all over my land and I could not find a way to clean them up, there might have been a way but it was clearly shown how to do it in the game because the game did not worry itself about the environmental problems. I certainly did not have an oil spill like Exxon Valdez, which ran itno Bligh Reef off of Prince William Sound and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into the Ocean. This ruined the local economy of all the small towns around the area of the spill because the fisheries were the main source of income for these towns. Some oil spills can cause even worse economic problems like the tanker that spilled oil into the Tampa Bay/ Gulf of Mexico. The oil was so detremental to the fisheries and the tourist industry that helped the two cities of St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay. Fish are a major source of food for the world and to take away a large fishing area had an effect on the economy. It meant a smaller amount of food for a growing world population. My empire at the end of the game had so many oil spills close to the ocean and big cities. My empire was a large industrial giant at the end of the game, and I feel that that is the only way you can be if you want to win the space race. You cannot be environmentally sound and have a dominant empire. I know the game would not be fun if they focused on environmental problems but it would sure make the game a better real life simulator

An early start

The industrial revolution began in 1711 in the United States with it's smoke stacks and railroads. My empire of Persia is way ahead of our beloved United States. My industrial revolution has just began at the year 1680 AD. I have just gained the resource of steam power, and I have a ton of coal mines all around my land. My empire has produced many important scientists working on the technological advancements for my country. They have been strategically placed all around my empire no matter what size the city is. I figure that there is no need to have two large cities next to each other to both have engineers. I have found that by spreading the scientists and engineers around my empire I am ensuring a quicker process of discovering new technological ideas. With good trade routes between my cities my engineers in each city will share the newly aquired technologies with other countries. With the invention of the railroad, this process has gotten much quicker. The perfection of steam engine manufacturing came about by James Watt. At the age of thirteen he was making models of machines. He found himself at the University at Glasgow, and in 1763 he was fully subcumed by the invention of the unsatisfactory steam engine invented by Newcomen. He experimented with steam pressures, cylinder designs, and valves, and by 1796 he had developed a strong and effiient engine. Although Watt gets most of the credit for inventing the steam engine, he could not have done it without John Wilkinson perfecting the piston-cylinder. Before Wilkinson cylinders and pistons were being made of wood and rapidly wored out, but Wilkinson perfected it and made it with iron bellows. Somewhere in my empire I have an engineer/s that has invented the steam engine, making my empire far advanced than any other. It has improved my trade dramatically, and I can see those advances in newly aquired cities (through domination) or newly built cities. The cities are growing much faster than usual. This is just the early start to my industrial revolution. I plan on continuing my advancments with machines until the game ends with my empire winning the space race.