Matt W wrote:
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Question is.. what would the KFS trade?
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Tobacco, hemp/cannabis, bourbon.
Other pharmaceuticals (from coal tar or oil feedstocks).
Limited amounts of machinery and other advanced items, in keeping with the 'Trade Rifle' concept.
Horses, or horse semen for breeding purposes.
Education (cultural outreach for KFS + intelligence purposes)
In terms of bilateral trade, there are some problems.
Texas is a major coal producer (5th largest in 2000, Kentucky 3d), so no coal to Texas.
Kentucky/Tennessee are major cattle producers today, so cattle may not be all that tradeable.
Texas and Tennessee are major cotton producers today, so cotton is in a similar boat.
Texas -> KFS:
citrus, melons (luxury trade?)
peanuts and pecans
vegetables?
oil
wool (Texas major sheep state today)
Pre-TEOTWAWKI items (machinery, electronics, plans for same)