[Stoves] [biochar-policy] Re: Stoves

[Jonathan P Gill]

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


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On Jun 25, 2012, at 7:19 PM, "Andrew C. Parker" <acparker at xmission.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:23:41 -0600, <rongretlarson at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> I find the idea that stoves must only be sold, and that all stoves must include a profit rent, to be a true perversion.
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> 
> Jock,
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> 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?
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> 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?