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Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 09:00:35 AM EST
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| Most of us are sure the next pandemic will be disruptive, and possibly very disruptive, even if it's not very deadly.
One reason for this concern is that food and other essential items travel a lot these days, and there are no stocks. Globalisation and Just In Time delivery. We just take it for granted. |
| lugon :: Complementary Currencies |
| We may not like the current state of affairs, but we might find ourselves in a very bad position if it abruptly slows down or stops. Peak-oil would possibly do it more slowly than a pandemic.
It would be wise to "stop it ourselves", or at least have "alternatives so that we may go on, even if globalisation doesn't".
One alternative is to stock-up, not just in order to shelter in place, but also in order to mitigate disruption. But, most likely, only a few folks will actually do it.
Another alternative is to grow food and energy closer to home. But it's economically foolish to grow food when it's economically less expensive to import it from somewhere else.
Enter Complementary Currencies.
We've explored them previously. Let's continue here. |
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