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Reduce the cost of living by $3,000 a year. Cut waste producing production, reduce co2 emissions, and the results scale out to the rest of the world's populatio
by AJ007 13y ago
Reduce the cost of living by $3,000 a year. Cut waste producing production, reduce co2 emissions, and the results scale out to the rest of the world's population.
How about a freemium economy? The fries are free but the salt and ketchup cost money.
The biggest lesson I've learned from running a company is blanket money tossing tends to be an excuse for intellectual laziness.
- sseveran 13y agoWhere would you remove $3000 of costs per year? Reducing CO2 emissions would cause prices to rise since alternative forms of power are more expensive. What you really want to do is mandate a lower standard of living, which is by definition cheaper.
- dllthomas 13y ago"What you really want to do is mandate a lower standard of living, which is by definition cheaper." That's not at all "by definition" - incarceration, for instance, is a horrible standard of living and is hugely expensive.
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- sseveran 13y agoshakes head
- dllthomas 13y agoMy example was obviously extreme, but it wasn't purely a usage note - there is a meaningful distinction between forcing a lower standard of living and expecting reduced resource usage, and forcing reduced resource usage and accepting a lower standard of living.
- jiggy2011 13y agoUntil the customers just come in for the free fries because the ketchup is cheaper next door.