Honestly, the categorization of the #solarpunk vision as "Utopic" bothers the hell out of me as a Greek person. The use of utopia as a word has been a linguistic tool against optimism for as long as we've agree to hold onto it.
Ουτοπία (utopia) literally translates to "a place that can never exist", and our complacency to accept it as the opposite of dystopia is doing us harm by perpetuating this idea that a society built on "good" cannot happen; is impossible.
Believe it or not, there is a word for something which I believe describes solarpunk and our vision perfectly: Ευτοπία (Eutopia / Pronounced eff-topia), "the best POSSIBLE place" and we might as well adopt it
@notspookypip Technically, #solarpunk is "a place that can never exist". The planet Earth does not contain enough of the base materials we need to make solar power for everyone.
Even if one ignores the reality of scarcity and the proper definition of the word utopia, the materials for solar panels are mined by oppressed peoples. A paradise does not exploit the oppressed.
Either way, it's a misnomer.
