Here's an idea I'd like to toss out there. I have no means or ability to bring this about myself, but maybe someone reading this will, and I think it could be a useful tool.
Basically, it's in the title. Something 'Sim City'-ish, but with a resource based economy. It could be useful to model the transition from the current mess as well. Maybe it could start out as a Sim City mod - those with more expertise than I would know better about that.
Imagine getting tens of thousands of some of the brightest minds around ie. simulation/strategy gamers working on modeling out various scenarios. The mind boggles.
