scorching take incoming, fair warning still here? here it goes: solarpunk aesthetics are cryptoreactionary bullshit, an anti-intellectual "back to the land" ideology dressed up in eco-leftist branding
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the idea that the most ecologically efficient solution is ten million people each living in their own detached but ~~high efficiency~~ house is cute, in the way that cottagecore is cute, but it ignores the devastating consequences of ecosystem fragmentation
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i.e. both the vast direct costs of infrastructure--roads, power, sewage, internet, commuting, etc etc etc--but also it multiplies the size of the human-wild interface exponentially in a way that is not conducive to a functioning ecosystem
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in conclusion, we should let dezone LA and let california's chaparral burn (let the indian tribes manage the burns, more properly)
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We may need to rethink how "ultradense" looks, though. Yes we need to go for energy and space efficiency, but we also need to keep everyone as psychologically healthy as we can
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what do you have in mind?
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So a clean, crime-free version of the mega-cities from Judge Dredd?
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i mean, sorta!
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Did Isaac Asimov write this tweet
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Big Caves of Steel energy
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I’ll live in the rewilded area thanx
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