Fringian Utilities, Waste, and Energy

A major business sector of the Distant Fringe.

General Overview

Providing clean and safe atmospheric gases, water and power, maintaining the infrastructure that provides them to the end consumer. Removing and safely disposing of waste products. Recycling. Decontamination, clean-up operations following accidents, incidents and natural disasters. Respectfully handling and interring the deceased.

Utilities

The term utilities refers to the set of services provided by organisations and used by the public on a permanent basis. It includes such things as the provision of breathable atmospheric gases, maintaining survivable temperatures, supplying clean water, sufficient lighting, domestic waste disposal, a reliable supply of power or other appropriate fuel, domestic gravitic technology, and any static protection or shielding that may be required. It is also considered to include services such as network accessibility for personal communication devices and secure data connections.

Waste

The Waste Industry includes biomaterials reprocessing, including the conversion and processing of waste materials into finished products, resource recovery, and industrial and commercial salvage and reclamation. It incorporates liquid and gaseous waste management, radiogenic and hazardous materials handling and management, and energy recovery including pyrolysis. The waste industry is able to provide safe long term storage and disposal of a variety of waste products.

Waste management also includes Mortuarial services: the handling and disposal of sophont remains. Morticians execute every detail of a funeral in accordance with the surviving family members' religious and personal beliefs.

Energy

The energy industry comprises the totality of all of the various industries involved in the production and sale of energy. This includes fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution: societies across the region are on average relatively low-tech, and there is a constant demand for efficient chemical fuels. Worlds with a more advanced technological base require cheap, reliable supplies of power in vast amounts. As such, the energy industry is a crucial part of the infrastructure and maintenance of society on worlds across the Distant Fringe.

The energy industry is considered to consist of:

• Gas Traders, who provide refined hydrogen fuel to spacecraft, starships, port facilities and power production centers.
• the hydrocarbon industry, including fossil fuel extraction, refineries, transport and end-user sales. The exotic hydrocarbon industry harvests naturally occurring gases and compounds such as methane, ethane, acetylene, and benzine, which occur naturally on some exotic atmosphere worlds. It includes geological extraction, atmospheric collection, purification and refineries, substance manufacture, as well as distribution and sales.
• the electrical power industry, including electricity generation, power distribution grids and sales.
• solid fossil fuels industry.
• fission and fusion power industry.
• the renewable energy industry, comprising hydroelectric power, wind power, geothermal power, and solar power generation.
• traditional energy industry based on the collection and distribution of combustible flora (such as lumber or peat) or organic biowaste (such as dung). While some primitive cultures see this fuel source as a basic necessity, more often it is used as a luxury product within wealthy homes (a real open fire).

Major Companies

Some of the major players involved include:

• Domestic Services LLC
• EcoForce
• FreshAir Inc
• Harada Solutions Ltd.
• Mortall Brothers Ltd
• Peripheral Strategic Environmental (PSE)

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science