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19. "Break even on your investment..." is part of the philosophy that is killing the planet.

This thing we now call economic "productivity" isn't productivity at all. It is in fact a direct measure of the damage we are doing to the earth's natural environment and our own human spirit.

All the public schools in my community are solar powered... whenever the sun is shining. One of our local discount supermarkets has solar panels built over the parking lot which is very nice when I want to park in the shade. This kind of solar doesn't bother me much.

But I'm extremely hostile toward solar and wind power projects built on previously undisturbed land. I look upon large scale wind energy projects with disgust. To me these only represent a commitment to natural gas power plants which are supposedly "back up" power to wind and solar. Unfortunately the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine most of the time. Gas power plants end up as the primary power source.

There is enough natural gas in the ground to destroy earth's natural environment as we know it, even when gas is used merely for "back-up" power.

I would rather concentrate my efforts building walkable community housing that has a very small environmental footprint, preferably in recycled structures. Car free urban lifestyles generally have the smallest environmental footprint. That's just the reality we have to accept as the human population approaches ten billion.

Wind turbines and solar panels powering mini-ranch McMansions and Tesla automobiles are not going to save the world even if the owners of such are "breaking even" on their investments.