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With wind and solar, everything grows cheaper. Single family homes are irrefutably less efficient than denser multi-family homes. https://www.epa.gov/sites/def
by embedder 5y ago
With wind and solar, everything grows cheaper. Single family homes are irrefutably less efficient than denser multi-family homes.
https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-03/documents/location_efficiency_btu.pdf https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-03/documents/lo...
I won’t disagree with your comments on noise and pollution, because those are real factors, but you are 100% moving goalposts now.
- truffdog 5y agoSingle family sprawl is more cost efficient than dense development when you include regulatory compliance.
- freshpots 5y agoWhat regulatory compliance? Got any studies? Just from a logical perspective, companies don't build skyscrapers/increase density in cities to lose money.
- truffdog 5y agoThis is a reference to the NIMBY/YIMBY fight, where the YIMBY position is that most non-single-family-home developments, other than the super high end, have been effectively been made illegal through a combination of zoning laws, neighborhood review processes that add extraordinary costs, unreasonable requirements and delays, and other arbitrary veto points. The best intro points to the argument are probably still https://www.amazon.com/Rent-Too-Damn-High-Matters-ebook/dp/B0078XGJXO https://www.amazon.com/Rent-Too-Damn-High-Matters-ebook/dp/B... or https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Gates-Fighting-Housing-America/dp/0525560211 https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Gates-Fighting-Housing-America... although neither is free.
- kiba 5y agoWhere is pollution coming from? Cars generate lot of noise and pollution when they through city streets or on highways. Motorcycles can be especially loud if nobody bother to muffle them.