[Stoves] [biochar-policy] Re: Stoves

[Andrew C. Parker]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:23:41 -0600, <rongretlarson at comcast.net> 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?