<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Eric Messick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric@m056832107.syzygy.com">eric@m056832107.syzygy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div id=":11z">I think we could scrap fractional reserve banking if we went to this<br>
scheme, and avoid the incentive to inflate the currency. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think it's time we scrap money altogether. I'm thinking more along the lines of <a href="http://www.thevenusproject.com/">The Venus Project</a>. A resource based economy. But that would require humanity to actual work together, and short of a common enemy (threat to humanity as a WHOLE, undeniable, unquestionable), that's unlikely to happen anytime soon.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div id=":11z">The banks,<br>
of course, won't go for it.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>All the more reason to do it. I like the idea overall. At least energy is the currency, instead of some easily manipulated, valueless piece of paper.</div>
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Is this something worth thinking about?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Absolutely. </div></div><br>