solderpunk solderpunk at SDF.ORG
Thu Jun 25 17:04:44 BST 2020
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 08:47:44PM +0000, Phil Leblanc wrote:
I feel a bit like a guy discovering a group of people trying to
establish an utopian community from the ground up, based on fresh and
frugal principles. After digging a bit, I found that they mandate the
use of Toyota SUV for transportation in all the villages (because they
are available everywhere in the world and are efficient for
transportation).
As a non-car-owner and keen cyclist, this hurts! :)
I will reply to this whole Mercury thread tomorrow (probably relativelybriefly), but a quick request for disambiguation, regarding the SUVanalogy: is the objection here mostly on the grounds of preferingminimalism, simplicity, easier DIYability? Or is there actually anexplicit environmental component here, regarding the energy overhead ofencryption?
Cheers,Solderpunk