Silicon Valley elites revealed as buyers of $800m of land to build utopian city
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theguardian.com
After weeks of local speculation, the purchasers of 55,000 acres of northern California land have been revealed. The group Flannery Associates – backed by a cohort of Silicon Valley investors – has quietly purchased $800m worth of agricultural and empty land, the New York Times has reported. Their goal is to build a utopian new town that will offer its thousands of residents reliable public transportation and urban living, all of which would operate using clean energy.
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Whatever you say strawman, keep up with your scorched earth policy of gatekeeping who's allowed to fight climate change.