Andrew, At the local level only, I have no problem. But for companies form developed nations to extract profit rents from economies that operate on a dollar or two per day is a perversion.
If the local economy progress beyond a cash flow model to accumulation model, going from a single use purchase to an inventory purchase, then we are talking a different story. But until then .... Jock Gill Sent from my iPad On Jun 25, 2012, at 7:19 PM, "Andrew C. Parker" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:23:41 -0600, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I find the idea that stoves must only be sold, and that all stoves must >> include a profit rent, to be a true perversion. > > > Jock, > > That is fine utopian philosophizing, but realistically, is everyone supposed > to build their own improved stove? Specialization exists even at the village > level. Is the village stovemaker supposed to build stoves for free? > > Profit is payment to the risk taker (the entrepreneur, the investor), just as > one pays for labor, goods or money. How is that a perversion? _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
