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i think there is something to this but we shouldn't forget that big cities depend on a lot of goods being transported there. So a lot of the emissions of rural
by maxxxxx 8y ago
i think there is something to this but we shouldn't
forget that big cities depend on a lot of goods being transported there. So a lot of the emissions of rural areas should be counted towards big cities.
- snarf21 8y agoExactly this. All of these systems are so complex that we can only ever make the crudest estimates. Similarly, people want to "fix" something by changing X and don't bother to account for all of the ripple effects of said change.
- jfoutz 8y agoOne train saves 100 trucks. Yes. For sure. Cities consume. Perhaps diffuse population would have a lower cost. I sorta think moving diverse goods to a central depot is easier and less damaging than point to point transfer.