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43. I'm the last to say we need to stop environmental laws

but I think there are some things that can be done that causes less environmental damage. For example, the ability to collect rainwater. I'm not suggesting that doing it on the scale this guy was doing it on is acceptable but using the argument that collecting rainwater is a health hazard instead of creating/using environmental laws to regulate how much and how it can be used. Factory farming does more damage to the environment than a household collecting rainwater. When you think of the chemicals that go into to treating water for communities, you have to think of the environmental cost of that too. Every modern thing we do hurts the environment, at this point, IMO, it's about what's less harmful to the environment. For example, if I want to purchase a piece of land and a shipping container and live in that, the municipality that I purchase land in shouldn't be able to tell my structure is TOO small to qualify as a livable structure. It's okay to rent a 500 sq. ft. apartment but it's not okay to own a piece of land that has an 800 sq. ft. shipping container on it. If that's libertarian thinking or Republican "takings" then I guess I'm not as liberal as I thought I was because I think these huge mcmansions are worse for the environment than smaller, sustainable/green dwellings.