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How is suburban housing useful outside the context of cheap oil? Not arguing, just curious what your thoughts are.
by rbranson 16y ago
How is suburban housing useful outside the context of cheap oil? Not arguing, just curious what your thoughts are.
- pyre 16y ago> "If we rebuild 60% of the oil and gas infrastructure globally, it would probably cost at least $100 trillion." I don't think that many people would count 'suburban housing' as 'oil and gas infrastructure.' The point being that he probably inflated that number by widening his definition of 'oil and gas infrastructure' in order for it to be more shocking.
- lsc 16y agoI've got two part timers who work remotely from suburbia. (one in Louisiana, one in the central valley of California) I think that this idea of hiring Americans in cheap parts of the country to work remotely will at some point be a fad as big as 'offshoreing' or 'nearshoring'
- tbrownaw 16y agoElectric cars, mass transit, telecommuting. With minor changes (don't zone huge residential areas to forbid stores, offices, etc), current suburban areas could probably quickly become useful even with bicycles or walking for transportation on most days.