@breadandcircuses
I'm a big "fan" of @jasonhickel but the more I read, the less I'm convinced any of this is even doable. We don't ever seem to ask the question if it's sustainable? It's all very well saying make solar panels instead of SUVs and instinctively I'd nod sagely but the real question is, should we even be doing that ?
I'd like to think we could, I've spent the last 20 years insisting so but better minds then mine think not. Professor Duncan Brown for example in "Feed or Feedback" suggested any time a civilisation develops a city it is the beginning of the end and will eventually collapse (history showing that) as by necessity they become linear and not cyclic. i.e if you import anything, you're doing it wrong, even solar panels fit that bill