[p2p-research] higher transportation costs can reverse globalization

[Patrick Anderson]

Samuel Rose wrote:
> Globalization began in part precisely (after WWII) precisely because local
> systems were too efficient for market mass producers.
...
> This is why people who are working to create local food system
> infrastructure need to be careful to make them a self-sustaining, community,
> collaborative, peer-governed system. They also need to be more agile, more
> adaptable than behemoth companies are.

What causes efficiency to be a 'problem'?

Will efficiency also be a 'problem' for local food systems?

Is efficiency a problem for the lone islander?

What Mode of Production can withstand efficiency?