But the focus is now on smart cards, which would ration subsidised petrol to a few litres a week, with excess consumptionbeing paid for at the cost of imports.
When you add the costs of borrowing in aggergate to finance imports as a nation, transfer payments to the unemployed, consumptionbeing curtailed, and main street businesses going out, those imported goods are costing us a fortune.
The changes from mass creation and consumption to niche creation and consumption is being driven by technology, creative passion, and changing consumer culture.