[p2p-research] Fwd: Fwd: [Open Manufacturing] Addressing Post-Scarcity Pitfalls

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Roberto Verzola <rverzola at gn.apc.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: [p2p-research] [Open Manufacturing] Addressing
Post-Scarcity Pitfalls
To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>


I am just wondering if Stan Rhodes was talking tongue in cheek,
pulling your leg, or what. The IFR links he provided say that
the IFR program was discontinued in fifteen years ago in 1994!
How can this be "good technology that has been around for
decades"?

He seems to deny that the nuclear industry is subsidized. Many
countries who went nuclear did so mainly for military reasons --
where cost was a secondary consideration. Thus a significant
portion of the cost of R&D, fuel processing, etc. were
subsidized by governments, sparing the civilian nuclear industry
from carrying the full burden of these costs.

Remember that photovoltaic cells (as well as charge controllers)
are made from silicon, the same semiconductor material used in
the electronics industry. As demand goes up, you can expect the
costs to further go down dramatically. With the entry of China
into PV production, this may happen sooner than we think.

Greetings,

Roberto

On Thursday 11 June 2009 3:14:04 pm Michel Bauwens wrote:
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