(End Feb. 2025) I am an autodidact who continually examines, critically, the potential ramifications and viability of a resource-based economy (RBE). My hope is that any mistakes in my understanding and writings will be exposed by reader comments, my continuing studies, and by time. Since I started this endeavour over a decade ago, my position has evolved to now be quite different and certainly far more circumspect than it was at the outset. This is a good thing; journeys are only worth the effort if they change you.