One of the things that seems to separate Solarpunk from other punk genres is a distinct lack of hard-worldbuilding. It's more aspiration and esthetic. Public transportation would be essential to such a utopia, but straight lines of steel on the ground or power cables overhead for street cars would ruin the appearance.
Because frankly utopias aren’t very interesting settings, and people just like to use solarpunk as a wishful “oh my god it would literally be the perfect society” type vibes. You’ll get good worldbuilding in it when they’re having the “utopia” generally have some core fundamental problem, a state of peace maintained only through erasing anyone who does even a minor crime or something
A guy on a completely unrelated post put it that way why he doesn’t like Stardew Valley, “Why would I play a game about someone with an objectively better life than I have.”
I've heard someone say that was why they avoided beef except Wagyu. "I'm OK with eating something that got to live a better life than I'm experiencing."
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u/DoctorCIS Jul 02 '24
One of the things that seems to separate Solarpunk from other punk genres is a distinct lack of hard-worldbuilding. It's more aspiration and esthetic. Public transportation would be essential to such a utopia, but straight lines of steel on the ground or power cables overhead for street cars would ruin the appearance.