Resource Based Economy

Many persons before me have thought about plans for change and since I don't wish to invent the wheel all over again or take credit for something mainly created by someone else I've chosen to lift up the ideas of an over-looked and underestimated inventor.

JACQUE FRESCO'S IDEAS

Jacque Fresco is an innovative American inventor who is suggesting that we should replace our current economy with a resource based economy which is based on science and reality rather than the fictional money. This holistic approach is also promoted by the Zeitgeist Movement. Note that our movement is not a part of the Zeitgeist movement and that we do not automatically fully support everything that they have claimed. However, some of their political reform ideas are absolutely brilliant and can with great benefit be promoted and implemented into a future society.

As stated in the Zeitgeist - Moving Forward movie it is said that Efficiency, Sustainability and Preservation are enemies of the current economic system.[1] In my opinion there is only one way to see it: Our current usage of resources makes the current economic system lethally obsolete, and I do mean lethally.

With a Resource Based Economy we can instead achieve global abundance.

RESOURCE BASED ECONOMY[2]

GOAL: To take care of humanity as a whole in the most efficient and sustainable way.

NEEDS: Planetary resources like water, food, energy and raw materials to construct physical assets.

WHAT and WHERE: We need to conduct a survey of physical resources on the planet to map out locations and quantities. Examples: Valuable metals, locations for wind farms, water supplies, fish populations, arable land and then also track these resources and monitor our rate of use versus their rate of regeneration to achieve a sustainable balance so that we can survive in the long run.

The resource based economy (RBE) is a system consisting of three main sub systems. (Because these are quite abstract I've decided to create a "in world" design of the system which can is described in the fourth chapter of this volume), but first let's look at the over-all concept of the Resource Based Economy.

1. THE GLOBAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (tracking the health of the environment, tracking usable resources, and tracking their rates of use vs. their rates of regeneration)

2. THE GLOBAL PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (commodities created with strategic preservation, strategic safety, and strategic efficiency in mind)

Strategic Preservation - Natural Resources must not run out.

Strategic Safety - The system work in a way so that it does not harm us or the environment.

Strategic Efficiency - Every good must be designed to last as long as possible, and when they break down they can be recycled and re-used to as large an extent as possible. Further technology must be adaptable to new updates and upgrades.

3. THE DEMAND AND DISTRIBUTION TRACKING SYSTEM (accurately assessing demand and fulfilling that demand through strategic localization and strategic access).

Strategic Localization - Assets are located so that distribution is fast, simple and energy efficient.

Strategic Access - The population's needs can be met when and where they need it. In this system there will be less private ownership and goods will be accessible at centralized and regional (Writer's note: also local) access centers, more similar to libraries

[1] Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, 2011. 0h 57min

[2] Ibid. 1h 30min