> In Star Trek there is no money and you can replicate whatever you need/want. Where does the replicator input come from? What happens to all the matter that's

> In Star Trek there is no money and you can replicate whatever you need/want. Where does the replicator input come from? What happens to all the matter that's produced? It's a fascinating idea, and I appreciate the exploration of a moneyless society. Yet even in that fiction they so often complain about the replicator quality, trade disputes, and resource wars.