Have you seen the environmental devastation around these reactors? Have you noticed that the land itself seems to dry up and perish around them? Have you noticed that the land becomes a waste? Mako Reactors are destroying the planet. For all the advancement Mako energy brings, it is ultimately a curse.

My emphasis is clearly on sustainability. Shinra does not provide this. Ignoring their complete and utter corruption, their approach is inefficient and incomprehensible. There are plenty of tecnnologies that could be employed in order to provide electricity. These methods could be localized to the actual environment. For instance, Costa Del Sol could employ solar energy. Wind turbines could have been set up outside of Midgar to power the city. Hell, solar energy would work there too if not for the fact that the villages, the original villages​, are covered by your smurfing pizza.