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But... the comment isn't about where the food comes from or who would suffer from a supply chain collapse, it's about efficiency. I think the point was that cit
by xenocratus 6y ago
But... the comment isn't about where the food comes from or who would suffer from a supply chain collapse, it's about efficiency. I think the point was that cities are efficient because gestures vaguely towards economies of scale. It's easier to distribute goods (or services) to a highly-concentrated mass of people than to multiple disjoint locations.
- ramraj07 6y agoI’m very confident I had a significantly smaller carbon footprint when I was in New York than compared to my time in Dallas. Even though I lived a much more vibrant life.
- dublinben 6y agoYou'd be right. Dense cities have much lower carbon footprints than sprawling, suburban areas.[0] You can plug it into this map to compare any place you'd like.[1] [0] https://phys.org/news/2014-01-carbon-footprint-reveal-urban-suburban.html https://phys.org/news/2014-01-carbon-footprint-reveal-urban-... [1] https://coolclimate.org/maps https://coolclimate.org/maps