First off, solarpunk is literally a literary AND art protest movement in direct response to the greed that is fueling climate change and harming the earth.
Well, yes, obviously we are not in a utopia (yet) and you have plenty of obstacles in the way. But if you depict a solarpunk utopia, it typically has no “punks” in it unless you invent a dystopian aspect as well.
First off, solarpunk is literally a literary AND art protest movement in direct response to the greed that is fueling climate change and harming the earth.
https://builtin.com/articles/solarpunk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk
Punk is a music AND art protest movement that is in direct opposition to consumerism and greed that exploits the working class in interest of profit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_subculture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock
Gatekeeping is not very punk
“If you want to write punk stories in a solarpunk setting, then you need to construct a dystopian antagonist.”
Here’s a great list of dystopian antagonists for you.
Peter George Peterson
Carl Icahn
Sheldon Adelson
Mark Zuckerberg
Silvio Berlusconi
Gina Rinehart
Alice Walton
Rupert Murdoch
Charles and David Koch
Peter Theil
Well, yes, obviously we are not in a utopia (yet) and you have plenty of obstacles in the way. But if you depict a solarpunk utopia, it typically has no “punks” in it unless you invent a dystopian aspect as well.