Comments on: Save the environment by sharing common items http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/01/07/save-the-environment-by-sharing-common-items/ My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:51:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: rabbit http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/01/07/save-the-environment-by-sharing-common-items/#comment-11953 rabbit Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:08:34 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/01/07/save-the-environment-by-sharing-common-items/#comment-11953 Nice idea, but open to abuse which might make it unworkable. To some extent, the free market has already implemented such ideas. Video, car, and equipment rentals, and time shares, are capitalism's way of sharing. So the question is, how could one make money by expanding on these ideas? Apart from "saving the planet", intelligent and efficient sharing can increase the effective wealth of the poor.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('11953','rabbit'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('11953','rabbit','Nice idea, but open to abuse which might make it unworkable.\r\n\r\nTo some extent, the free market has already implemented such ideas. Video, car, and equipment rentals, and time shares, are capitalism\'s way of sharing. So the question is, how could one make money by expanding on these ideas?\r\n\r\nApart from &quot;saving the planet&quot;, intelligent and efficient sharing can increase the effective wealth of the poor.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Nice idea, but open to abuse which might make it unworkable.

To some extent, the free market has already implemented such ideas. Video, car, and equipment rentals, and time shares, are capitalism’s way of sharing. So the question is, how could one make money by expanding on these ideas?

Apart from "saving the planet", intelligent and efficient sharing can increase the effective wealth of the poor.

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