Paving over every square inch of the country is the opposite of a solution. The more we entrench ourselves everywhere, the more we are affected by natural phenomena like forest fires and flash floods. And that is without even considering the effects on the ecosystem. Turning Death Valley or Yosemite into a parking lot with a suburb attached isn't a good idea. We need to get past the frame of thinking that every american can and should have a white picket fence for their own personal green-grassed fiefdom. That's not sustainable.