Post Apocalyptic Currency
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Nicotine is addictive, calming, and provides value in-of-itself, as opposed to money that provides value outside-of-itself.ethaninja said:
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.