You’re not wrong about the sublinearity, though someone maintaining a $20M mansion on 20 acres is going to use many times the energy maintaining it, especially

You’re not wrong about the sublinearity, though someone maintaining a $20M mansion on 20 acres is going to use many times the energy maintaining it, especially when you consider the materials used for maintenance. The average person wouldn’t have to organize carpools, though it’d certainly be incentivized - at least at the beginning, I’m assuming most wouldn’t, so not doing that, you’d still be a net recipient of tax money. But part of the whole point is that we can’t continue living exactly the same way, if we don’t want to destroy ourselves, and especially our children.