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I would like to build my business but not use globohomo online sellers and distributors.
 
I use eBay often, Etsy occasionally, what other sites am I missing?

Hello fellow consumers,
As always thank you to everyone that participated in the last weekly and remember you are Operation MONKE!
 
 
NOTE: Weekly threads are run in parallel on https://communities.win/c/ConsumeProduct
 
 
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# This Weeks Discussion Theme: [Consoom Inflooootion]( https://www.supersurvey.com/resultsQBED1VJ5H)
 
In this weekly we consoom infloootion! As you may be aware many products, utilities, and services have risen in price. Consider the increased cost of gasoline which has caused many to budget differently. Even if you look at the inflation of currency the USD has inflated by ~8.5%. True this might not seem like that big of a deal if you consider that $100 in 2021 would be worth ~$106 today in 2022. However, inflation is something that creeps up over time. For example, $100 in 2000 would be worth ~$166 today. The goal of this weekly is to come up with and share strategies to mitigate the effects of inflation.
 
 
Discussion ideas:
* Have you noticed inflation throughout your life or are you only now starting to notice it?
* Is inflation the cause for the rising price of many things like gasoline? How related is this to COVID and Ukraine? Will prices return to “normal” soon?
* Share any ideas which you think might mitigate the effects of inflation in your life? E.g., budgeting advice, saving money, stocks, investing in commodities, cryptocurrencies, etc...
 
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* [Weekly 91]( https://communities.win/c/ConsumeProduct/p/15Hc3f2W2O)
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#No.
 
The final boss is conquering oneself.

Consoom comics?

This course is based on these two manuals. The discussion topic is also from my knowledge of growing and caring for a large home orchard, other research and talking with experienced citrus grove growers.
 
Manual Circular 409:
https://archive.org/details/citrusfruitforho40953john/mode/2up
 
A Manual for Citrus Growers 1951: (I own this book, download at your discretion)
 
https://mewsie.org/textbook/a-manual-for-citrus-growers/
 

Mark your calendars

CONSOOM VEHICLES
 
So, the ranges on these can be limited on the electrical side, maybe 50 miles, so this can allow people to drive a short distance (like commute to errands or work) on electric, but then if you go further you can rely on gas or if you want to go on a long road trip you can make use of the gas engine. And the "plug in" part allows you to plug in at home (to the grid or solar panels, etc.).
 
Sounds like the best of both worlds, is there a catch?
 
What do you think of the debate on gas powered vehicles versus electric or what are good use cases for each?
 
Just like eating bugs, I see some conservatives are against EVs for various reasons but I'm not sure I agree with them. Bugs are just food, and EVs are just vehicles. For me, I like the idea of having some solar panels and being energy independent. I'm ok with burning gas (not worried about the environment particularly) but it makes you dependent on countries that you may not want to do business with, and hypothetically could run out at some point (so we don't know how long we could rely on gas). EVs run quieter and even if they rely on burning coal at power plants, can't those power plants have good filters on them so there are less emissions than gas exhaust being expelled by cars everywhere?
 
So don't EVs have distinct benefits, or do you think this is just a ruse for some kind of reason?

https://mises.org/library/misnamed-conflict
 
I guess my takeaway from reading articles like this over time is that slavery went away in many places without a war being fought, so it wasn't necessary for the North to fight the South to "free the slaves"
 
The Southern states in the U.S. legally seceded and so the war was in violation of their right to secede
 
A more optimal solution to the problem to give us the same outcome as we currently experience might have been to engage in negotiations to put an end to slavery by consent in the states, and to either allow the secession or negotiate an end to it. So many lives, so much freedom, and resources lost to ineffective conflict resolution.