Yes. But remember that most Americans who can repair, design or build nearly anything are being driven from place to place now by regulators, NIMBYs, all.
Here's one of many good efforts.
Marcin Jakubowski - The Open Source Economy | @marioninstitutehttps://youtu.be/MIIzogiUHFY?t=35s
Open Source Ecologyhttp://opensourceecology.org/
Our day will come.