PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Look I generally agree but this logic keeps coming up and is really conflicted. From one statement to the next you've gone from recycle to build new. We can't build new to break free of a zero sum problem. It's easy to write down but is impossible to achieve. It's the very act of "building new" from what we dig out of the ground that is the problem in its entirety.
I really like cars and stuff too. But it's human behaviour that's the problem. Until something extremely radical is done to break our addiction we may as well just do whatever we want and enjoy what we've got.
On the first bit we need housing, new or old that's just unfortunate due to years of underinvestment which helped fuel the housing market which our entire economy seems to be based on.
On the second point, we really need that compromise and help from those above in breaking the cycle..all those good ideas you posted will all for the same reason, people don't like change, especially when it puts them out of pocket