Having not watched the video, I dont have the time at the moment. I do not care if it is unserious to envision a solarpunk future. It is worthwhile to be hopeful and aspire to something cleaner and harmonious with nature. You can pry solarpunk from my cold dead hands
I was only able to get a few minutes in.
The complaint started off with “They like the aesthetic but don’t know how to get there or have the engineering to do it!”.
Actually, correcting myself, it started with an in-video ad for a computer desk.
After I skipped that nonsense, it got to the complaint, which amounted to “people like the aesthetic of these videos! But there are engineering issues with some of these works of art that aren’t actual engineering but instead just movies and videos people like the aesthetics of!”
and that’d be when I stopped watching.
He goes on to have, what I believe, is a valid complaint: Leftists have ideals which block progression towards our goals.
One example: Instead of building a wind farm, we are arguing about economic impact, and then still stay on coal while we that argument occurs.
I think overall the video misses the point. The complaints are that bureaucracy/red tape/seeking perfection (in states such as CA) prevent society from doing things with impact such as building high speed rail, creating 15 minute communities (Shout out to !15minutecity@slrpnk.net), and providing shelter for all.
This is completely valid, but it has nothing to do with solarpunk.
One example: Instead of building a wind farm, we are arguing about economic impact, and then still stay on coal while we that argument occurs.
I agree, we should shut down the coal plants and start rationing energy instead. That way you can be sure that the green energy plants will get built efficiently. Nothing like a little discomfort to get people moving.
(This is only a half-serious point. There is a part of me that thinks this will actually work but overall I think it causes more problems than the gradual change.)
