Interesting, the way this could work is if you did get a bunch of idealized people together and started. There are already many groupings of people across america who do something of the sort, although they are based in agriculture. These groups are green, they create all electricity on site, they farm the land for a few hours in the day and relax and play music for the rest of the time.
The problem is that they still need modern doctors if they break a limb, they still need mills to give them materials to build with, they still use machines to till the land (run off of vegi oil). So there is still some dependance. I think we'll see a lot more of these types sprouting up as the economy further declines. There's already a tent city in sacramento gaining hundreds by the day. Grapes of Wrath anyone?
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