"paghat" wrote in message

It would be
nice if regular sober middle-of-the-road folks with NEITHER the cultic
eco-jargon nor the fear/hate agenda could have rural eco-friendly dreams &
then really achieve them, but one rarely sees that; if it exists it
doesn't advertise itself as loudly.

There are plenty of people like that. Perhaps not in the US but at least 3
other countries I can think of have lots of people like that.