Mercury

[solderpunk]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 08:47:44PM +0000, Phil Leblanc wrote:
 
> I feel a bit like a guy discovering a group of people trying to
> establish an utopian community from the ground up, based on fresh and
> frugal principles. After digging a bit, I found that they mandate the
> use of Toyota SUV for transportation in all the villages (because they
> are available everywhere in the world and are efficient for
> transportation).

As a non-car-owner and keen cyclist, this hurts! :)

I will reply to this whole Mercury thread tomorrow (probably relatively
briefly), but a quick request for disambiguation, regarding the SUV
analogy: is the objection here mostly on the grounds of prefering
minimalism, simplicity, easier DIYability?  Or is there actually an
explicit environmental component here, regarding the energy overhead of
encryption?

Cheers,
Solderpunk