More On Getting Rid of the Penny:
Greening the Currency
Greening the Currency
Scoop, an anonymous politico, sent me the following suggestion:
...you can bring back the ban the penny campaign and kick it into high gear...all you need to do is remind people that the mining and smelting of copper, nickel, and zinc creates green house gases. Ban the penny to save the world!For some background on getting rid of the penny (and nickel) see this, this, and this or just follow this blog's category, "Pennies".
Category: Climate, Economics, Global Warming, Pennies Posted on
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 11:04am
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If we had free baking, we could let "the market" decide. That being said, I'd rather have a cashless economy, with a strong encryption/privacy mechanism for digital transfers.
Maybe I'm missing something...