The govern-cements are "secretly" out to destroy the environment.

The straw ban is soooo shtuuuupid...
You take a tiny bit of plastic and a tiny bit of energy to create a handy and disposable implement.

To make them out of paper takes a lot more energy, a lot more resources, and isn't as good or hygenic.

Instead, all municipalities should have two stage, high temperature furnaces for turning all the trash into heat energy which will be used to create electric power. It has been proven effective and efficient and very clean with the two stage burn. But, do you hear of any in The US? No. Because the trash division cannot talk to the electric division.

Loans for houses is shtupid.
Loans for colleges is shtupidder.

However, learning to build an earth ship is great experience.
Unfortunately, getting permits for one is often a pain, as no one wants to take responsibility for this new fangled building.

In the future, heating a home with oil will be more expensive than building an earthship.

We are about to see a huge section of suburbia become wasteland. Where people will go from house to house removing anything of value. (mostly metals)