>>719267031
>infinite resources
Even in Tiberium Dawn it's explained that Tiberium puts out roots that draw minerals out of the soil to concentrate them into the crystals, allowing cheap and easy (if hazardous) access to a wide range of useful materials once processed. But reading between the lines, that also means it's stripping the surface layer first and any nation that relied on it would be destroying their ecology and arable land. What's the point of a wonder mineral if you have to spend so much of your new economy on turning it back into fertilizer?