Constantine Tepes

Utopian Lifestyle vs Reality

So how do you see the situation in your local area?

i mean there are people out there living in villas in some beautiful
places in Miami or Costa Rica, life is so... can be so idyllic,

and you wake up in your 5 bedroom home you go to your
bathroom size of a small flat with jacuzzi and crystal lights
shining your marble statues, you have your smoothie from your
giant fridge and you find there your fresh raspberries delivered
to you by a drone... fresh pick... (perhaps by mexican immigrants...)

you edit your videos on your sofa and you press publish,
you get a lot of monetizing for whatever reason

is such a lifestyle possible for everyone uniformly so?

like you see those boundless slums in india and you might
have some doubts...

i mean a big house with a swimming pool if you were to live
all by yourself is quite difficult to maintain, and in this
scenarion you live a total bourgeois dream, you have a bank
account full of zeros on it, and you just buy stuff, so too
you buy service in form of a labourforce to vacuum your carpet,
to clean your pool, to clean your windows and occasionally
take care of plumbing... i mean even calling and supervising
all those passer-bys can get annoying too, but at least you
get your raspberries fresh and on the spot without as much
as lifting a finger... and then you can dilly dally all
day long and party all night long if you wish...

where does that take you?
Have you Arrived?
Is this Dream come true?


welll... i  don't know about you, but when i see that
(and some do akshually do have capacity to experience some verjon of that)
to me its so unreal, so too good to be true, that when i think
of it in therms of a storyline - that's exactly when in the life
of a protagonist who's living such happy, carefree life just something
has to go wrong and when the proverbial compost hits the fun;

please tell me what you think

when it comes to thinking of sustainable transport
i think of two things:

1. boats
2. horses

boats its just something that keeps persistent through history,
horses run out of favor in moving cargo, but are still used
at tourist spots, and in poorer regions of the world where
people just can't yet afford to get addicted automobile industry;

personally i would be more interested in Stirling-like
engines and using ice and heat from the sun
as means of storing energy - also compost could be
used as "organic power source"

from Wiki:
"
In contrast to internal combustion engines, Stirling engines have the potential to use renewable heat sources more easily, and to be quieter and more reliable with lower maintenance. They are preferred for applications that value these unique advantages, particularly if the cost per unit energy generated is more important than the capital cost per unit power. On this basis, Stirling engines are cost-competitive up to about 100 kW.
"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine

in general i'm more in favor of smart, light, clever
solutions rather then bulky and heavy and heavy machinery,
i prefer gentle tech if i can help it;

but to be fair - i would like to know where do you
see the use for those kind of engines that you are
building?

What's the akshual NEED for it?

ps
your "propane batmobile" looks quite awesome
(but a bit noisy i guess...)

i wonder if its really a lot of grass why not have sheep or horses or perhaps
co-op with someone who has animals who would love some of that fresh
snacks; then if its not a lot, you could you use scythe and get some extra
sunshine ; either way no need to worry;  good luck