Solarpunk is still very communitarian with a healthy dash of anarchism. The focus is on sustainability and using technology to support both human and ecological flourishing rather than that of metahuman entities like businesses, states, or organizations.

What you see as "doomsday pepper shit" and "subsistence farming" is radical anticonsumerism. People wanting to support themselves and each other rather than make money and buy products.

Solarpunks aren't luddites or antisocial, quite the opposite. That's what you see to be missing.

I think the main thing you're missing is when people are self-reliant, you don't hear about them.

Getting ready for a future of renewable energy, making society more sustainable, why are these things you resist?

sustainable farming leads to famine

What

The meaning and ideas of solarpunk are still evolving, but the main themes are freedom, community, ecology and pragmatism. I won't go over the anarchic organisation of communities since I think you mistook the pragmatism for primitivism.

Solarpunk is not about primitivism and a return to a low-technological era, and neither is it a high tech cyberpunk spinoff, as some others think. Solarpunk is about using practical solutions that are also ethical and egolocially friendly. This often means not throwing stuff away, but fixing what can be fixed and reusing what can be reused, because mass production and consumerism is seen as a damaging force. So instead of trying to make up new tech and produce new things, solarpunk would ask you to first consider whether you can do something already with what you have, which means that a DIY approach is encouraged. However, if new technology can improve our lives without damaging everything else, it's acceptable.

And it is the complete opposite of thinking about the "good old days", as solarpunk is looking only towards the future. The 'punk' in the name means that when you look at all the doom and gloom in the future (capitalism, wars, global warming) you don't fall into despair, but instead try to play your part in your community to fight it and promote a lifestyle of mutual aid and a respect for nature, with whatever level of technology can give you the best results.

That was my attempt at a short presentation. We have a wiki and a manifesto if anyone is interested

Subsistence farming is a terrible way to live

Ma’am are you okay?

Did I miss something cuz solarpunk is high tech to me

An almost enthusiastic fantasy surrounding primitism and the loss of technology.

I would disagree with that statement. Solarpunk people aren't Amish.

Technology is ever present, but the idea is to use technology to limit its impact on nature and live more in harmony with it. For instance, a house designed to require very little heating and cooling isn't less technologically advanced as one that needs tons of HVAC.

And some solarpunk ideas of building resiliency aren't crazy ideas but are based on sound engineering design principles.