On: Permacomputing Principles

[aleph_minus_one]

> preserving the environment should be a trivial sell to a conservative base (it's literally in the name).

Be careful with such a statement: in the USA conservatism is defined as something different than what the Latin word origin suggests. See for example Russell Kirk's principles of conservatism:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conservatism_in_t...

[zahlman → aleph_minus_one]

> A faith in custom, convention, and prescription.

> A recognition that innovation must be tied to existing traditions and customs, which entails a respect for the political value of prudence.[173]

100% compatible with environmentalism, described as "preserving the environment".

Environmentalism is also compatible with Haidt's findings about US conservatives valuing "sanctity"/"purity" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_foundations_theory).