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The problem with using water as currency is that it is heavy. It is not reasonable to carry around large amounts. You'll need some kind of representational currency.
yep that's exactly what i think would make sense in the real world. basically a paper currency backed by real water. one dollar represents 1 kg of water.
it's like the gold standard, just not backed by gold but by water.
in the game that doesn't matter though since you can just carry around a lot of water bottles before your inventory space runs out.
Kinda fucked up that when coming up with a SciFi dystopia the worst we can think of is the Nestlé-buck.
It is telling, isn't it?
To pivot I can also imagine information and energy scarcity, be it real or artificial.