Hey Mike, thanks for playing. Mike Weaver wrote:
>> Q1. >> What is an hours labour worth in this community? >> >> > 1 hour of a person's time. You're confusing the community obligations > with "work worth" Hardly. Hauling water isn't a community obligation, it's a personal obligation. Keep the model simple. The only time that is up for modification is work time. In this Very Simple Model, if one person, (Keep it simple) doesn't haul water, they drop dead or something. If one is going to make 2 water hauls, one gives up an hour of worktime. Therefore an extra water haul is one less work hour. Come on, it's a simple model. > FWIW - labor to cut grass is about 15.00 hour here in Arlington VA. > >> Q2. >> Should the community consider bringing in cheap labour >> to haul their water? >> >> > Depends. Does communal work bind the community together? It's not communal work. The key point being, some folks *might* be willing to trade some of their dollars in exchange for gaining a free hour to do something else, like Tivo survivor or something. >> Q3, >> Should the community levee a tax and use the tax to >> pay the cheap labour to haul the water? >> >> > Towards what end? Umm, to gain an hour of free time. >> Q3.1 >> If so, at what rate should Albert, Beverly, Charles >> and Emily be taxed? >> > By whom? By Dinsdale the Hedgehog. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
