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For the last two years I’ve been building and remodeling houses during time off from work. I’ve grown to appreciate construction sites in ways my eco-conscious could never before conceive. Riding my bicycle around Fort Collins, looking at buildings and houses being remodeled, now feels like detective work. How did that beautiful new gable get built, or who thought that building was a good idea? The infrastructure of civilization fascinates me immensely. The shear volume of the built environment exceeds imaginations both wild and dizzy—think of the number of screws and nails needed to hold down our roofs—or the miles upon miles of copper wiring necessary to transport electricity—and the effort needed to keep that infrastructure useful is constant. Buildings are useful and taken care of or they are abandoned and fall apart—all of our settlements are of course constantly on the move, and we follow with caulk, screws, and effort.
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