[/caption]The more I learn about this nuclear disaster in Japan, the more I think about how crazy people are to try and sustain their consumerist ways of living. They will do literally anything to keep buying plastic crap and new shoes, and it keeps coming back to bite us in the ass. Maybe nuclear will be the safe, clean answer... maybe solar... maybe wind... what else can we harvest from the environment to support our habits?
More and more I feel like leaving the grid and living in a hut on a mountainside in Tibet. But it's like, as much as people NEED to be self-sustaining, our culture makes it practically impossible to do so. It's usually the expense that is a hindrance, as whether you retrofit an existing house or buy a lot to build on within a city, it adds up tremendously. And if it's not expense, it's convenience... something always holds people back. You can live in the middle of nowhere, but what are you going to do for a job? You'll have to drive a gas-powered vehicle an hour every day just for that. It's stupid. There's got to be a better way... I just can't believe that a society that's come so far techologically is too dumb to figure something like this out.
Anyway, that's my rant for today. I promise I won't bore you with a lot of rants... I'm more interested in sharing my love of art and design. ;)
