>>jasonc+(OP)
People should not settle this dense in the first place. I hope more people are going to rural areas once StarLink an competitors deploy universal Internet connection coverage.
>>qwerty+4L
That will be acceptable if we price in carbon externalities into things so that people who live rurally pay the costs they impose on the world.
>>scarej+SY
There's more to it than just carbon. It's certainly possible to have a carbon neutral lifestyle in rural areas, however that doesn't account for the habitat destruction innate to low density rural development.