MainBattleGoat

What's up Ben! Two questions:

What was your favorite racetrack to ever have driven on?

Did you ever get bored of driving the Top Gear track so many times?

Thanks for doing this AMA, I've been a huge fan of the show, even after you left.

To add, Montana is one of the least populous states, at just over a million people. There are 331 million people in the US. I haven't seen real solutions from this guy, just a marginally more efficient wood stove, and planting apple seeds from your lunch.

Your scenario is so horribly out of touch, I'm sorry to say. I know that inheriting or being in a position to purchase several acres of land might seem common for you, the reality is that the vast majority of young Americans right now won't be in a position to do this. Not to mention that it seems Gert's reality is getting fewer and farther in between. Rural areas are generally less affluent, so where are all the farmers with their spare 100K? If young people right now want that, they're far better off sticking the money they would buy the land with in even a mutual fund, and in 20 years they'll be miles ahead than a measly 100K (if they had that capital in the first place).

You're vastly overestimating the income generated from a few spare fruits and veggies sold. Not to mention, they will compete against industrialized agriculture (another issue entirely). And I for one have zero interest in being a farmer, I'm sure a large majority of people lucky enough to have the opportunity not to would agree.

Do you know how the US gov works?

...this guy is kind of a moron