Reply #21: That is why they're called fiction [View All]

[MadHound]

There is nothing good about our economy and society heading over a cliff. Too much human suffering, too much enviromental damage, too much retrograde progression towards the dark ages would result. Sorry, but I simply can't by into that sort of dystopia.

And while having everybody return to the life of the farm or small rural town is attractive, it is a practical impossiblity. Cities rose for a very good reason, they are the cheapest and most efficient way, in terms of money and envirormental impact, of having humans structure themselves on this land. If we break into small towns, critical services such as schools and hospitals would be stretched thin, requiring longer amounts of travel. Libraries, markets, all of these necessary structures of our society would wither and perhaps disappear.

Rather, let us keep the city and change our energy sources and energy usage. That way we can combine the best of all worlds without having to suffer a major societal setback.