A ruin of our time

[llachglin]

Over on Metroblogging, a contributor muses about planting ivy to cover up the ugliness of the viaduct on the Seattle waterfront. The idea is silly even without considering that ivy is an invasive species that is illegal to plant locally. One of the commenters mentioned covering it in moss instead, which sparked in me the following vision:

Because

Comments

[valknott]

We will have perfected Star Trek transporter technology by then, so all roads will have the same fate... :-)

OTOH, many roads may have been dismantled by the new future primitives who find chunks of concrete effective throwing weapons for bringing down prey...

[llachglin]

oh, good point. It will definitely be underwater by the end of the century unless we start building dikes. Parts of it are only about a meter above sea level.

[bruuuuuu]

I vote for option "B". My smithing and primitive living skills are more than adequate and I'm busily teaching my spawn the same.

[llachglin]

Yeah, I need to work on my skills in that regard. Even short of a complete transformation to that way of living, the future is definitely going to have more need for living in ways that are less energy-intensive and more sustainable.