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Not only global warming issues are important. But their sources, inefficient cities(One of them) (big one)
We should focus on maximizing every block placed, before of building 100,000 more. Why cities keep expanding if their current zones are inefficient. Why some cities achieve more with less?
Lets initially focus on mobility. This is an essential aspect of a city, as everyone is directly affected by this.
Efficient mobility is directly correlated to the efficiency of a city.
How can we make mobility efficient?
The people’s favorite, cars, are not showing good numbers in terms of efficiency. Mostly due to the excessive cost of its infrastructure and maintenance as well as the consequences of this type of urban design.
So, keep this recipe and in about 200 years your delicious toasty earth will be doomed.
Next favorite, Public Transport (PT) (in the Netherlands and some asían cities.) YES! 🙌 THIS IS THE SOLUTION. Well, actually no. But it’s definitely the right direction.
Relying in PT is actually quite frustrating in some occasions. Although possible for day to day transit routines. PT cannot satisfy all mobility demand at the speed personal mobility can. In multiple occasions, cars, electric bike or electric motorcycles can be much faster than PT. Therefore the consumer will use the fastest way depending on the occasion. (We will call this term FAST WAY, thanks, I know its a good name😊)
Effective PT allows a much more dense and efficient development. Due for instance to no parking space required and much more transit volume capacity in the same space.
To cover the demand of FAST WAY (usually small distances), the fastest option would be electric motorcycles and sharing services like goshare. This could also serve as a way of reaching your home if its far from the train/metro station or bus stop.
Combining an efficient PT for medium-long distance traveling with electric motorcycles for shorter distances, will allow much more dense and efficient development, reducing the use of cars mostly to emergencies. ( because on the day to day PT is the fastest way to move)
This will also engage people to go out their homes to a quieter and safer street, bringing more economic activity and making them happier (if that’s important).
(watch Not just bikes on YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/c/notjustbikes
At the end the question might not only be how to make cities efficient, but there might be more aspects to consider. Such as, how can we reduce the daily distance travelled by people. Literally build shops below his apartment so he moves couple meters, instead of going to the mall🤙🏼 adding unnecessary traffic. There is the problem people!
Source: Fiftyfife
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Sadly we are past the point of preventing it, global warming is already progressing. Our goal is now to minimize it as much as possible and as quickly as possible. It is going to take us doing multiple actions, one of the major ones being EVs for light-duty. Why? We have the technology, we have the incentives; it is a matter of rollout at this point.
We plan on melting polar ice to cool down the oceans 🥴
[https://kisstheground.com/](https://kisstheground.com/)
There is no plan and in the US. At least not one we are completely committed to.
No commitment from politicians. GOP pretty much says it’s not an issue and Dems are more interested in unions/lobbys and social programs (even if they make things worse).
Everything you can do to reduce emissions. One problem we have is that some people don’t take it seriously.
There’s a very simple answer, and it involves petrochemical executives out in public at conferences and then [redacted]
Based on the emojis, I guess you’re not very familiar with how truly gigantic the shift to renewable energy will be. Virtually every single industrial process was designed with the idea that cheap fossil fuels could power it, and that basic assumption is out the window now.
I suggest reading a few books to better understand the issue. Here’s a few of my favorites (not strictly about energy):
Living on the Grid, by William Thompson
The Wizard and the Prophet, by Charles C. Mann
The Material World, by Ed Conway
The 99% Invisible City, by Roman Mars
There are many more books out there. This is a really hard problem to solve, and it’s well worth going down the rabbit hole and learning about it, rather than making snarky comments on the internet.
To stop global warming? None. We have some plans to slow it down a bit by moving processes that currently use fossil fuels to electricity. EVs are part of the puzzle for sure. Others are heat pumps instead of gas/oil heaters, fertilizer production from ‘green’ hydrogen instead of natural gas,… The problem is complex and there will be lots of small steps we need to take.
To *stop* it we would need to actively remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Currently there exists no (economically) viable technology to do this at scale. Current approaches are a way to give us the time to develop and deploy the needed technologies. Without them we’re toast.
Electric cars would be a logical step, despite what useful boomer bait idiots will tell you on Facebook. Not only do they have a lower lifecycle carbon equivalency but the grid continuously improves, and valuable lithium ion batteries are of course, recycled. That is why the developed world is adopting them. Further, they are better for your health because they do not emit cancer causing carcinogens and heavy metals into your home and local environment. The more you know.
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Howabout or whatabout conservation? Kinda like shower heads and commodes that use less. Recycling? The mobility thing; trains are packed beyond capacity in developing countries and scooters/motorbikes and bike usage is the norm? All the while developed societies have no problem burning tire rubber and brake dust to sustain a system designed to waste resources as a means of supporting harmonious society(s). Consumption and conservation are mortal enemies. And it’s being felt – literally (as seems to be the consensus of those that have the access to clean water, adequate shelter, food and protection from the elements whilst out and about.