Geez, man, maybe the lithium bottle rolled under the bed...
You're too smart to spout this kind of crap. I expect it from no-nothing environmentalists, but listening to a techie complain about living somewhere that 90 percent of the planet would give an arm to live, is a little silly. A year or so in one of the idyllic medieval "villages" you're talking about would cure you quick.
Go back to work on your site, and keep it up. You're doing some good stuff.
Starflight "impossible?" If I had a nickel for every "impossible" thing that eventually got done throughout history, Bill Gates would be my shoeshine boy.