It's because he's a turbo nerd, don't think too hard about it. But yes, everything in this place is pretty stupid, it's true.

"I think finding tools is gonna be easier than pretty much everything else we need to do. Aaaand I'm going to try to stay optimistic and not think about the possibility of any of that happening."

He wants everything to work because if it doesn't they're all DEAD. And that's no good.