If you would be so kind, our government would like you to use these new dollar coins insted of dollar bills.
Yes, you read that right.
And would you like to know just why you're going to do this?
To save the planet.
The madness continues below the fold.
Coins last longer than bills, y'see. Less re-minting means less energy expended and a longer, happier life for our planet as a result.
Gosh, any fool could have figured that out. If you didn't, then you're not just any fool!
Here's the article, and we quickly note there are just a few tiny little problems with this otherwise brilliant plan:
There isn't a vending machine or arcade game or slot machine or toll booth or coin changer or coin counter in the galaxy that can handle them. And this isn't just a matter of tinkering with the machine to accommodate a new size of coin. The entire guts would have to be replaced, and in the case of coin counters and the like, that's the whole machine.
Although it seems like a small thing, when it comes to actually getting them into circulation and getting people to use them, the lack of a place for them in cash register drawers is a huge obstacle. You certainly aren't going to mix them in with the other coins or you won't be able to just grab the customer's change by feel. They'll end up in the little 'extra' slot along with the checks, which means they won't be handed back out as change to the customers, and it's bye-bye 'into circulation.'
By measurement, they're approximately 1/16" larger than a quarter. That's about this > <>
Yes, you read that right.
And would you like to know just why you're going to do this?
To save the planet.
The madness continues below the fold.
Coins last longer than bills, y'see. Less re-minting means less energy expended and a longer, happier life for our planet as a result.
Gosh, any fool could have figured that out. If you didn't, then you're not just any fool!
Here's the article, and we quickly note there are just a few tiny little problems with this otherwise brilliant plan:
There isn't a vending machine or arcade game or slot machine or toll booth or coin changer or coin counter in the galaxy that can handle them. And this isn't just a matter of tinkering with the machine to accommodate a new size of coin. The entire guts would have to be replaced, and in the case of coin counters and the like, that's the whole machine.
Although it seems like a small thing, when it comes to actually getting them into circulation and getting people to use them, the lack of a place for them in cash register drawers is a huge obstacle. You certainly aren't going to mix them in with the other coins or you won't be able to just grab the customer's change by feel. They'll end up in the little 'extra' slot along with the checks, which means they won't be handed back out as change to the customers, and it's bye-bye 'into circulation.'
By measurement, they're approximately 1/16" larger than a quarter. That's about this > <>
0 comments:
Post a Comment