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3 hound said:
That sounds deflationary?
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using my family's experience in WW2 a LOT of stuff was rationed ( bread , butter , salt , flour , petrol etc etc etc ) BUT those cashed up could buy black-market ( alcohol , panty-hose , meat cigarettes , etc etc )

so which prices do you use the rationed goods ( with limited supply ) or black-market at 'free-market rates '
 
Dunno and don't really want to find out.
 
Wars are expensive. Capital has to be diverted to warfighting. This wrecks everything else.
 
over9k said:
Wars are expensive. Capital has to be diverted to warfighting. This wrecks everything else.
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yes , but this time we would have to start manufacturing again ( which MIGHT be a good thing )

BTW have you remembered we are on the hook for 12 submarines and up to 100 F-35 fighters plus some assorted tanks i am wondering where we are going to get all these trained crews

but the main focus of war is to distract us from mind-numbing debt ( accumulated before-hand )
 
Trained crews could come from skilled migration from such source countries as India, China... maybe Ukraine.
 
for the crews ?? ( surely they wouldn't ) .. manufacturing critical parts ?? ( i think i would rather take up options trading )

you have to remember not every migrant thinks Australia is the land of milk and honey ( especially after they have been for a year or two )
 
i could just imagine the Ukrainian crew selling our submarine for a good price ( like they allegedly did with those French tanks ) the Chinese crew reverse engineering it and selling the IP , and the Indians totally confused on who the real enemy is ( after so many years of British occupation )
 
3 hound said:
Free market and control don't make sense in the same sentence.
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yes , and that is why catastrophe is possible .

those dreaming of control might resort to desperate measures to retain ( strengthen ) control (' if i can't win nobody is allowed to win mentality ' )
 
Without subsidies even the miniscule amount of renewable we have now wouldn't exist.

"Green" energy is anything but green and anything but economical.
 
over9k said:
Without subsidies even the miniscule amount of renewable we have now wouldn't exist.

"Green" energy is anything but green and anything but economical.
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mostly because government governments NEED to control , you might find 'off-grid ' small scale projects might actually be practical , especially if battery tech improves
 
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