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Date Posted: 12:08:38 01/07/09 Wed
Author: Ari
Subject: Re: Got my SailFood!
In reply to: Jay 's message, "Re: Got my SailFood!" on 17:40:55 01/05/09 Mon

I think right now the most commercially viable sail-transported freight might unfortunately be Bolivian Marching powder:

http://www.crew.org.nz/NEWS/Special+Interest/++Lectronic+Index++Previous+Lectronic+Lectronic+Latitude+Latest+Lectronic+Subscribers+receive+emails+whenever+Lectronic+Latitude+is+updated.+Click+here+to+subscribe+to+Lectronic+Latitude+2009+Puddle+Jump+Events+Slated++November+17+2008++Zihuatanejo+Puerto.html

Of course, it's not commercially viable if you lose your boat, and it's ethically pretty dodgey. :-)

However, legal issues aside, my point is that there is a spectrum of dollars/pound for cargo. On one side is blow, which makes economic sense today. On the other side is stuff like raw materials or commodity food staples that will only be commercially viable in a complete breakdown of the container system or in extremely remote locations.

Wine's "economic value density" is probably approaching viability, and I bet we'll continue to a shift along that spectrum in years to come.

Congrats to Dave and STN!

- Ari

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