Municipal scale infrastructure to capture waste, treat it, and extract nutrients to be redistributed or sold as fertilizer. This is usually an activity undertaken by and fit into existing municipal waste infrastructure.

The atomization of decision-making allows entrenched interests to disrupt progress. If you’ve ever been to a city planning meeting, you can see how NIMBY homeowners block transit upgrades or affordable housing. Sometimes consensus is impossible

Also, lots of state and local governments in the US have strong renter protections.

For sure. I think trying to preserve these tools is a bit of a waste of time. But extending their lifespan is always a win in my book

Ooooh interesting, good to know! I suppose inoculation is a process that is not particularly complex that a localized society could also achieve.

I like to chop it up, fry it with onions, and put it in burritos. Breakfast burritos especially with egg, bacon or sausage, and cheese. It can also substitute for turnip or collard greens in a recipe if you’re looking for a place to eat it. Since its more of a bitter plant, you’ll want to use it much differently than spinach (whoever told you it tastes like that deserves a stern talking to)

Wait until you get into food preservation!

The only disease to be fully eradicated, 5 million people can live every year who otherwise would have died had we not defeated this disease

Nobody does maintenance in authoritarian regimes, either. It’s not a priority under any governance system

Highways were constructed in regions with sparse populations or in urban areas with little political power (primarily black and Latino neighborhoods). Basically, areas where democracy didn’t have to function because there was no democratic power to block it. Whereas nowadays, with higher levels of democracy (unequivocally good) and local control (more of a mixed bag), massive infrastructure projects are harder to accomplish. Plus, the 50s had the benefit of a booming postwar economy and the national cohesion (at least among enfranchised Americans).

I really hope this forum doesn’t fall down that rabbit hole

If you ever find yourself with small logs or large branches, I recommend looking into Hugelkultur, which similarly involves building mounds of compostable organic material around large pieces of wood, which allows for the slow breakdown and release of nutrients over time