Kunstler: The Long Emergency - the crash after Peak Oil Production

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Paul Starkey mentions that without a significant land holding it is not cost

effective to have a tractor. Where tractors have been taken up in less

developed countries it is because of subsidisation and various other

supports and encouragements.

 

The main reason persons turn to tractors is prestige.

 

I like the idea of the temple goshallas being able to supply working oxen to

local people. The oxen would remain the property of the temple at all times

and would be returned after their working life. They could then be replaced

with another younger pair. If oxen die at the farm they would have to be

returned to the temple. This type of system (only described in great bravity

here) would give employment for ISKCONS vast number of working oxen, would

create a system were local people could keep oxen and work them, would

prevent oxen entering the slaughter system even when they got past their

working life. Would help create an atmosphere of wanting oxen from the

breeding programmes of the ISKCON herds.

 

I can expand more on this suggestion if required.

 

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