Message: 12 Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:11:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Redler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike, you wrote: "......So, where am I going with this? I was just thinking, wouldn't it be exciting to have alliances that form within all communities in a way that replaces dependence on the Dollar, oil, utilities, etc., with knowledge and materials that are traded among you and your peers?.... ....I would be very excited to see this noble idea actually used as something other than propaganda, to keep back the interests of big money and the ruling class, from where the author came." If I understand you correctly you are referring to "bartering" and yes, we businesses do already barter. I'll design this for you in exchange for you providing that for me and no money gets exchanged. As you know, we report the value of these exchanges on our income taxes so we are still tied to the almighty dollar. By the way, in the larger picture (the community as you refer to it) the barter chain may be much longer. I need this and you need that and we go through several more businesses to get to what we need. Dan Crandall _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
