actually, I know the people who started the notion that steampunk is environmentally friendly and you are off the point on this one.
Ive never seen *anyone* claim steampunk is positive because of the steam power aspect, because who even uses that? I can think of one, maybe two groups of steampunks I've met who use real steam power. Most steampunks couldn't build a real steam engine if you pointed a gun at their heads and gave them a kit.
The point is about returning to hand crafting rather than factory-created-and-shipped-thousands-of-miles-to-a-distribution-point-and-then stored-and-finally-flown-hundreds-or-thousands-of-miles-again-once-its-sold. It is socially more responsible to buy from craftspeople locally (or at least people who build things like you and me and sell them to small online communities) because it cuts out all that. Plus, artisans working in their shops don't produce the kind of waste that massive factories do. Plus the factories tend to be located in China, where the environmental standards are nearly meaningless due to rampant bribery, and the workers are treated poorly nearing the point of abuse.
There is a lot more to it than that one issue of course, but I fear if I type any more I am simply wasting my time on you again... I just didn't want to see this kind of silly nonsense go uncorrected.
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Date: 2008-06-19 05:17 am (UTC)Ive never seen *anyone* claim steampunk is positive because of the steam power aspect, because who even uses that? I can think of one, maybe two groups of steampunks I've met who use real steam power. Most steampunks couldn't build a real steam engine if you pointed a gun at their heads and gave them a kit.
The point is about returning to hand crafting rather than factory-created-and-shipped-thousands-of-miles-to-a-distribution-point-and-then stored-and-finally-flown-hundreds-or-thousands-of-miles-again-once-its-sold. It is socially more responsible to buy from craftspeople locally (or at least people who build things like you and me and sell them to small online communities) because it cuts out all that. Plus, artisans working in their shops don't produce the kind of waste that massive factories do. Plus the factories tend to be located in China, where the environmental standards are nearly meaningless due to rampant bribery, and the workers are treated poorly nearing the point of abuse.
There is a lot more to it than that one issue of course, but I fear if I type any more I am simply wasting my time on you again... I just didn't want to see this kind of silly nonsense go uncorrected.