[GBlist] Truly Sustainable

["David Wagner" <dwagner@sa.kevric.com>]

Let's pretend.  For the sake of (hopefully fruitful) discussion, let
us pretend I live in San Antonio, Texas, (I do) and the economy has
magically transformed so everything is priced proportional to total
life-cycle costs and the scarcity of sustainable production rates (I
wish).  I have a simple question.

What would be the least expensive way to build a habitable structure?

I also have more complicated questions.

How many people could have their food, shelter, and employment
provided indefinitely by one acre of land in this magical economy?
How would this be done?

Please note, six billion divided by the answer above must be less than
the total acres of arable land on this planet.

I am serious, and will build it.  I doubt they will come, but someone
has to try.  I have been researching this for the past six months and
have a few ideas, but would first like to see what y'all suggest.

Appreciating All Suggestions
-David

P.S.  I cannot seem to access current archives for this list, so
please pardon if I have violated list etiquette in any way, and let me
know what is proper offlist.


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