You make a valid point, but you neglect to mention that the same temperature/pressure regimes that generate ice crystals also make metals (especially scrap metal alloys) very brittle and prone to cracking, not to mention long-term effects on malleability.
You have a point there. If you want to build something out of metal and not have it break—and there are lots of important things that can be made out of metal—a cold environment makes it harder.
The planet? The planet is used to glaciers. It’s the humans who may not like them.
I mostly mean the planet’s lifeforms. Few living things like ice crystals. They typically rupture cell walls—causing rapid death.
You make a valid point, but you neglect to mention that the same temperature/pressure regimes that generate ice crystals also make metals (especially scrap metal alloys) very brittle and prone to cracking, not to mention long-term effects on malleability.
Kind of a big thing to leave off!
You have a point there. If you want to build something out of metal and not have it break—and there are lots of important things that can be made out of metal—a cold environment makes it harder.