01-27-2010, 10:26 AM
The issue of Puna unable to procure the cooperative benefits of community radio is a telling one and salient to a discussion of economics.
Community radio furthers aspiration of community to forge beneficial connections within itself, using an appropriate level of technology (energy). Suffice to say if our immediate subdivision neighbors were even aware of the local resources/people available for barter/exchange etc., we'd create very palpable healthful yields -- while driving less.
However, it doesn't take long to realize that this scenario is ultimately more rewarding to producers, and ultimately threatening to middlemen (and women) used to professionally sanctioned entitlements at the trough. Surely the reform coming (in ways yet to be determined) will be weighing the former much higher than the latter.
The establishment of community radio would be a very significant tool of local-reliance -- as prerequisite to responsible global participation.
Community radio furthers aspiration of community to forge beneficial connections within itself, using an appropriate level of technology (energy). Suffice to say if our immediate subdivision neighbors were even aware of the local resources/people available for barter/exchange etc., we'd create very palpable healthful yields -- while driving less.
However, it doesn't take long to realize that this scenario is ultimately more rewarding to producers, and ultimately threatening to middlemen (and women) used to professionally sanctioned entitlements at the trough. Surely the reform coming (in ways yet to be determined) will be weighing the former much higher than the latter.
The establishment of community radio would be a very significant tool of local-reliance -- as prerequisite to responsible global participation.