Nicoya municipal authorities gathered in special session last night to debate a newly proposed tax on ‘energy exchanges’.

For our loyal readers who are unfamiliar with this term, ‘energy exchange’ is an increasingly common arrangement in Nosara whereby people exchange money for something they want. However, since energy is involved, it is called an energy exchange.

The problem with this, of course, is taxation. In order to tax an energy exchange, authorities must define what an energy exchange is. However, seeing as how Costa Rica has used nearly 10 years so far to define what Bitcoin is – with no end in sight – many fear these same authorities will use decades to define ‘energy exchange’.

“It’s a real problem,” said Nicoya comptroller Yolian Ortiz Solano. “We estimate in Nosara alone, there is nearly three hundred (*buncha zeros*)  colones per year passing through this loophole. That’s enough to fund several years of doing fuck-all nothing about the roads around here.”

When asked for comment, one local men’s circle leader slowly lowered his bow, tugged thoughtfully at his chest hair, and said quietly, “For too long, men have been taught that energy should not be shown. That it should not be exchanged. If we are to become the men that women deserve, this has to change.”