Heh, I was just thinking that prostitutes (or perhaps these days porn) and booze can almost be said to have "intrinsic value" in that one can hardly imagine demand for them ever being destroyed.

Not being much one for pimping I'm starting to take a real, um, shine to the prospect of distilling as a relatively bomb proof post-carbon livelihood. Desperation to run cars on anything that burns, coinciding with exploding demand for something to kill the desperation, should make for the mother of all growth industries.

Cheers,
Jerry

Ah, moonshine production. Good idea! Uh, except you'll have to stand in line with the ethanol producers and hungry people just to get the core ingredient: grain.

Then again, you could grow your own potatoes....