Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bragvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!fortune!foros1!bragvax!david From: david@bragvax.UUCP (David DiGiacomo) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Matter Transmission Message-ID: <170@bragvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 18:47:05 EDT Article-I.D.: bragvax.170 Posted: Mon Aug 6 18:47:05 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 19:40:24 EDT References: <3098@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Brag Systems Inc., San Mateo, CA Lines: 13 I don't think the economic effect of technological (non-magical) matter transmitters/duplicators would be very dramatic (especially when compared to the other effects). Energy would still be a useful/logical currency, and the economic situation would not be all that different. For example, only the wealthiest organizations would possess the (energy) capital to synthesize a new matter transmitter. It would take a great deal of wealth to even rent one. (Can you afford to rent an oil refinery for one day, much less construct one?) Of course, I may be wrong. I'm assuming that the efficiency of a generalized matter transmuter would be very low. -- Do I smell home cooking? It's only the river.