Yet every weekend, they load their Thule Rack or their Mountain Bikes on top of their Volvo XC SUV-truck and drive it 200 miles to my fucking neighborhood to get away from their useless city. If their hive is so great, then they have no need to go to their hiking, mountain-biking, skiing, lake homes... that everyone who can afford one has.Everything built in the city now is built to this spec.
Tower enclaves.
You live above the first two level.
First two levels are all your commercial services.
Almost like the intent is you live and work with the stairs as your commute.
For some it has its attraction but it should be a choice not a straight jacket.
If the 'planet' matters, then every ski area should be shut down... now. Think about it. It's gear-centric. Hugely expensive (and petroleum-based resins, nylons, insulation, etc). Requires huge energy to make snow, groom trails, run lifts, maintain hotels. And to get from most cities to 'any' decent ski area is at least a 200 - 300 mile drive for a weekend. Or a flight. And if you are driving, you NEVER put your skis in the car. You put a mileage-sucking Thule Rack on your roof so that you can "Ski Virtue Signal" (Look everyone.... Muffy and I are skiers!!! We Ski! We live the ski lifestyle!)... further reducing the mileage on the giant Fuel-sucker you bought to 4WD yourself to ski country.
Skiing is the ultimate urban douche pastime these days. Probably was back when Goebbels was having all those nice Nazi's ski around with their torches for Leni Riefenstahl's camera's.
But, hey, they are the greenest folks on the planet. With their Biden stickers and their "Carbon Offset" virtue signaling certificates stuck to the windows of their 'Cambridge Ma' based Tahoe's. They probably belong to the Sierra Club, too.
So, want to improve the planet in a heartbeat? Overnight? Really fast? Shut down every ski area on the planet. Right now. Along with mountain bike trails (erosion). And Hiking trails. And put gates on the National Parks. Because they need to be preserved. Not 'exploited' like Yosemite and Yellowstone that are now just traffic jams. Traffic jams of urbanites who have to 'get out' of their hives because they know that the lifestyle is counter to everything humans have evolved to be.
Fuck those insects. We are not insects. Insects are made to be swatted and exterminated. We aren't insects. Want to live like an insect? Stay in your hive.
You ain't getting it both ways, eco fruits.
Sirhr