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Summary
Paul has a discussion with several patreons via zoom, invited by prior email, to suggest answers to the question of what could Paul do if someone donated $500,000 with 2 stipulations:
1) the money must be spent on something which creates a positive global change and
2) the investment must return $500,000 so that it's self-perpetuating.
Paul mentions that last year he received 2 generous donations with no strings attached, but feels that the money hasn't all be spent wisely.
It's not clear how fast the $500,000
should be earned back. Paul suggests within a year.
Jay suggests that money could be spent increasing the numbers of people who attend at Paul's place. They talk over various suggestions on this theme throughout the podcast, at least some of which have already been tried with mixed results. Paul admits that they didn't
sell all the tickets for the
PTJ, and sales are slow for the upcoming October event.
Cindy reminds us that not every thing succeeds: it took Edison 2700 attempts to make a viable electric lamp. She also suggests that they need to reach more people and mentions TikTok as an example. Paul is wary of paying people to create content as it can eat a lot of money for little return.
Katie suggests that, with the
experience gained in building, for example, WOFATIs could become a revenue earner by having a team which people could hire to build a WOFATI for them. Paul mentions that
Josiah has not been inundated with people asking him to build WOFATI greenhouses after the production of the video about it. Paul also mentions that there are
RMH builders now who will come build an
RMH for you.
Paul says many people live in areas with building codes, but if you get an engineer to sign off your WOFATI build, it doesn't have to be built to code. Also, if
enough get built codes will eventually change.
Cindy mentions that there are similar operations in other places and they could co-operate more, and Amy also makes a similar point about getting the word out.
Relevant Threads
Low Tech Laboratory 2: experiments with rocks, wood and mud Kickstarter
Wofati and Earth Berm forum
Devious Experiments with a Truly Passive Greenhouse - full movie
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