I kind of like ideas useful for developing stewardship and teaching people to live off of the land, to really take pride and ownership of what they made.

Wouldn't it be better if entrepreneurs were able to profit off of the production of crops, energy, and other natural resources being made by the earthship homes, instead of requiring individuals and families to go into debt, taking the risk of failure upon themselves, just to own them? McDonalds, for instance, builds thousands of franchises all over the world, but they only need a majority of the stores to be profitable in order to be a successful corporation able to sustain them all and grow.

I really worry about the value of money when people rake in large debts right after college. That's when most people want to get married, buy a car, get a house, start a job, and maybe have a baby. Lots of expenses and debts! Unless they come from a wealthy family, or get hired into a great paying job position with long-term potential, they are going to become a bank slave, or worse, a criminal if they avoid paying their bills and taxes.

Many people cannot sell the foods they grow because they do not know how to get past regulations, or how to be a profitable business. I would imagine that would be part of the education part. I guess I don't have much faith in government run education anymore. They are very good at teaching people general topics approved to be included within the curriculum, but I never learned the specialized skills I needed for most jobs. I would have had to go to a private vocational school for that. I think I learned more skills in my own personal research that are considered valuable life skills and experience.

I'm just ranting about my own misfortunes. If I had an earthship home and a greenhouse, I would really enjoy learning to live off of the land, but I am not sure how many years it would take me to learn to live fully self-sustainably, if ever. I think I would need a patient mentor to teach me some helpful shortcuts and maybe a bit of business strategy to make some money doing it.

What is the expense of a typical earthship home construction and food forest to sustain a family? Is heavy equipment required to dig out the space below the earth? Most of the construction materials look simple enough that they may not need a crane to hoist heavy construction pieces of the building.