Nicotine is addictive, calming, and provides value in-of-itself, as opposed to money that provides value outside-of-itself.ethaninja said:
Post Apocalyptic Currency
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I'm gonna toss my hat on the barter wagon, as a currency kind of needs something valuable to back it up (ie, gold for money now) and I don't think gold will be as important in the wasteland as water or food or weapons/ammo.
Agreed.zombiejoe said:
A lot of goods will be measured by consumption time. It's not so much x bananas for a suit or armour, but more like x days of supplies for a suit of armour. Economies have a habit of working themselves out.
And then all the cigrattes go stale in a couple months even the unopened packs.Furburt said:
One of the things that had me wondering most of the time playing fallout 3. Why the hell would people be smoking 200 year old cigs, that makes me wanna barf just thinking about it.
I doubt it would the whole fall out 3 caps thing, but maybe ammunition like is conceived in metro 2033
other than trading a favor or service for goods, I really couldn't say. There is a saying that everybody has their price so, I guess it all depends on who you're trading with. Some people will want seeds, others will want children, others will want Nuka-Cola Quantum. It all depends I guess
Bullets, clean water, canned food, sexual favours (of course rape is always gonna be an option for some, but in generall people will enjoy it if their sexual partner is a willing rather than an unwilling participant), working batteries, fuel and probably antibiotics in sealed containers.
I think these necessities will become the most prevalent form of currency which will be viable pretty much everywhere for some time in the post-apocalyptic society.
I think these necessities will become the most prevalent form of currency which will be viable pretty much everywhere for some time in the post-apocalyptic society.
Favours - You do a service for a settlement, you get a bit of kudos with the town, you can then try to ride that fame for as much stuff as you can before you wear out your welcome and then you have to do something else.
And, of course, bartering goods for goods would also work.
And, of course, bartering goods for goods would also work.
Raw materials would probably hold the most value in such a society. Cloth (thread, skins etc), plastics + synthetics, metal + minerals and glass. These thing hold great value as they can be made into other items needed for survival. There would be a fair bit of this stuff around but finding intact, good quality pieces would be difficult.
I terms of actual currency, it would be very difficult to have something to like the money we know because without order it would mean very little. Gold and silver perhaps, as people everywhere would still view them as 'rare'.
I terms of actual currency, it would be very difficult to have something to like the money we know because without order it would mean very little. Gold and silver perhaps, as people everywhere would still view them as 'rare'.
Shoelaces! and probably anything that has a clear value such as livestock, bullets or precious metals. or maybe Nuka-Coke caps. also lives
Okay, bullets come in different sizes and etc, saying 'bullets' as a currency is liked saying money is the currency now, you got the american dollar, the euro...
It'd probably be a bartering system, but if for some reason 'the man' lives (like in apocalypse lane) he might try to keep the old money around... wouldn't work though.
It'd probably be a bartering system, but if for some reason 'the man' lives (like in apocalypse lane) he might try to keep the old money around... wouldn't work though.
I truly hate agreeing with the masses, but barter really would prevail until society gets its roots down. Of course, once it does it would have to be something that is somewhat rare but still attainable by most everyone through effort. I hope it turns out to be fuzzy dice, just to see a rich person's wallet.
The idea of money is that it is somewhat permanent. That would be the same as using cookies for money. Sure, you might be rich right now, but they what happens when you want a cookie? Do you want to be one... eh... cookie poorer?ninjajoeman said: