I've been resisting posting the likes of The Arch Druid report as it deals with economics and politics, which is all encompassing but a kind of distraction from what i want this blog to be about. But, the interesting and quite prescient details of his recent blog entry i think should get an airing considering we are looking at ways of mitigating the coming (currently happening) descending use of energy.
"Most people won’t have the option of separating themselves completely from the money economy for many years to come; as long as today’s governments continue to function, they will demand money for taxes, and money will continue to be the gateway resource for many goods and services, including some that will be very difficult to do without. Still, there’s no reason why distancing oneself from the tertiary economy has to be an all-or-nothing thing. Any step toward the direct production of goods and services for one’s own use, with one’s own labor, using resources under one’s own direct control, is a step toward the world that will emerge after money; it’s also a safety cushion against the disintegration of the money economy going on around us."(My Emphasis)
http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2010/05/after-money.html
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