Originally Posted by
cooker
I suppose that's true, that I want people to meet the solutions, instead expecting other people solve it for them. Again, as I often repeat, this isn't about you, but many people in rural areas (if they are not farmers or other obligatory rural workers), are living less sustainably than they would in a denser community, because of higher mileage, more distributed electric grid, larger land footprint, less efficient delivery of services and so on. How do we solve that for them?
As one who lives in a rural area wholly by choice, I see no need for any solution. Yes, there are trade offs but on balance to me they are more than worth it. And there's no reason it isn't sustainable for the foreseeable future.