good reasons for centralized mass production: controllable standards, centralized waste and production too!
local production: democratic, short transportation, no monoculture, free selection of materials,
Axel Sylvester -
Access to tools for local people St.Pauli
Reasons for centralized and mass production
* efficiency
* large batches, cheaper production
* theoretically good controllable (industry) standards
* pollution and waste in one place
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* know how about components and processes
* transparency of production process
* democratic produciton process
* no mono cultural production
* ethical way of production, no exploitation of labour
when is self/local production interesting?
* peak oil scenario
* good for empowerment
* self expression / personal production
* only products that you can directly influence