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from Eutopeus
I would like to see a turn around on tangible goods essential to survival and sustenance.
Okay, that would be useful if Armegeddon was on our doorstep, and the Apocalypse was in full swing. I can understand and appreciate the need to attenuate survival by stock piling, yet as commerce goes, your debt now to social progression far exceeds your ability to just survive and sustain. In this interim between now and total collapse of currency, just having commodities and tangibles as trade is [in my opinion] premature and frankly impossible to trade the value on a global scale. China just wont take chicken mcnuggets in trade for the bonds they hold. Heck I dont think they will even take toilet paper or roach spray as trade. They want $$s. If the US's currency is so weak then what they thought was $1 is now pooh. Not the good kind of pooh which might sustain an organic garden but the worthless kind of pooh that wont sustain shizitt.
Attempt to go back in time and trade commodities instead of a currency backed by something of value and you have rot, spoilage, hording, manipulation, tethered despostisms, cruel prejudices, and FU's. It just dont work. Maybe in a small community, but not on a global scale. Believe it or not the world is a bigger place now, and all things are interconnected. The option to bow out is no longer on the table.
A Food source would be my very 1st focus because we all like to eat sometime.
The U.S. has become more and more dependant on outside sources for their food supply.
This is a true statement, on its surface, however seeing that, .. think about what you have said. Do you actually know what it takes to provide good nutritional meals? Do you know that to feed the world takes a butt load of artificially produced chemicals to improve food source production. Again, we do not live in an enclosed community anymore. Variety is the spice of life, and trade supports those spices of life. Take away foreign markets and you take away choice. Take away choice and you take away improvement to the standard of living. Viable only due to diversity. In essence you would stagnate the ecomomy by denying goods from other countries. Protectionism never works, no matter how many 'smart' people try it.
Soil,water and sunlight are abundant and available.Seeds are found everywhere.All of the above are gifts of the earth.
Spores,waste and elements are also free and will yield many types of food.Without direct sunlight,to the best of my knowledge.
Sounds a bit "Farmy"? It is.
K ... as of now we do not have a food shortage issue, what we have is a 'dumbbutts not paying the national debt creating a hole in national credit the size of planet z671 in the Forensic Nebula Galaxy' problem. You may have a point of reason to tout good earth farming for small backyards to eat and sustain. I caint deny you the logic behind the thought. Because if what I think is going to happen happens? EVERY moneys or assests of value you hold will be taken away from you for "the good of the cause of reducing the national debt'"
Technology is great yet needs to be used in a way that sustains the vast amounts of resources it uses. The so called footprint. Our current use of technology accelerates the conversion of resources without much return on investment.
Again true statement, but can you not see that the effecient use of Technolgy HAS been and IS being applied? the weakened dollar is not because of bad management of the food supply, IT is because of corrupt self grandizing dolts that steal from you and yours, and then lie about giving to the needy, when all they really do is stash it in their own coffers, or support an ever increasing do nothing bureaucracy that just loves to regulate your freedom and rights, right out the door with regulations, fees, taxes, and a butt load of other hidden charges. but I digress.
I always say. Money is worthless. It doesn't taste very good and burns like ****! edit: I am a huge fan of Mychorizals. then again you have a point .. shrooms might just save us yet.
K... on the lighter side of things ...
