Eric Olthwaite Yes the lack of money is 100% artificial. in Australia the amount of money in circulation is controlled by the reserve Bank. It is not controlled by anything physical. The reserve Bank creates money, out of nothing, to increase the money currently circulating and makes money magically disappear, to reduce the money currently circulating. Supposedly to control inflation. Apparently it's not very good at it. So the lack of money is totally artificial.

The ther is the fact that money itself is artificial. It is just a human created concept. It's just a story. That Everybody believes. It is only the faith of many people that gives it value. The reserve bank is therefore attempting to control the faith of many people so that money maintains its value. That control is artificial.

I guess it depends on the definition of artificial.

Even if the cable company could be paid in sea shells I don't think they would be enough of them available as they are a physical thing with only a physical quantity available. Modern money, basically numbers in computes is infinite

It has already been proven that increasing the penalties for infringement does not work. Since harsher penalties have come in, the road toll has continued to increase. Doing the same thing, increasing penalties, and expecting a different result, lowering the road toll, is a sign of insanity.

The harshest penalty would be the death penalty, but that would be a sliptun (doing the opposite of what is intended. Actually that hash consequence, loss of life, already exists, so why would anything less be expected to have any effect?

It could be that the present hasher than previous penalties are a sliptun. It could also be that the way to reduce the road toll has nothing to do with road rules infringements.

Another consideration. If ICE are so great why don't they get used to operate many of the ancillary items in cars like windscreen wipers and washers, window motors, door releases and the heaps of activators used now in cars?

Petrol cars cannot operate without electricity, but EV can operate without petrol.

Trees specifically rubber trees. Which are a renewable resource

From AI

Roughly 60% of the rubber in a modern EV tyre is synthetic. This is produced in massive chemical refineries, primarily in China, the US, Japan, and Germany.

Future & Alternative Sources

To reduce ther dependence on tropical trees and oil, the tyre industry is currently “pivoting” toward these alternatives:

Russian Dandelion: Brands like Continental are now harvesting latex from the roots of dandelions grown in Europe. This grows in just one year compared to the seven years a rubber tree needs.

Guayule: A desert shrub found in the US Southwest and Mexico that produces a high-quality rubber used in racing and high-performance EV tyres.

Bio-Butadiene: Some synthetic rubber is now being made from fermented sugar or corn rather than oil.