re: #179 iceweasel

The size is a problem for the reasons you mention, but we’re not spread out solely because we ‘want our stuff’. People like being spread out. It’s been a part of the American story since the beginning— move out, spread out, etc.

I would prefer that we live the way we want and focus on the technology required to do so responsibly, rather than (a) be forced to live otherwise or (b) allow the way that we want to live to negatively impact the environment.

I know…i’m lonely in that stance…but ‘wanting stuff’ has brought good as well as evil. Lots of scientific advances have been made in the pursuit of more stuff. We just need to be more responsible about it.