The lower overall carbon footprint of urbanized living is a well established fact. Goods needs to travel a shorter distance to reach consumers and vice versa. I

The lower overall carbon footprint of urbanized living is a well established fact. Goods needs to travel a shorter distance to reach consumers and vice versa. Infrastructure like plumbing, electricity, and heating is more efficient when providing for a million people living in a dense city than dispersed throughout the countryside. > Does a rural/suburban driver spending 30 minutes driving on a highway produce more pollution than an urban driver spending 30 minutes in congested variable speed streets? Yes, overwhelmingly yes. Commuter vehicles burn about 0.2 to 0.4 gallons per hour when idling. A car that gets 30 miles per gallon will burn 2 gallons per hour when driving on the highway at 60 mph. https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-861-february-23-2015-idle-fuel-consumption-selected-gasoline-and-diesel-vehicles https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-861-february-23-20...