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That would be a great place to live, and several decades from now, it may exist. Several decades from now is too long to wait for an energy transition.
by tuatoru 4y ago
That would be a great place to live, and several decades from now, it may exist.
Several decades from now is too long to wait for an energy transition.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoWe went from "We're going to the moon" to landing on the moon in under a decade. We could make this transition that fast if we really wanted to, the problem is there are a whole lot of entrenched interests in not making this transition.
- adrianN 4y agoGoing to the moon required building a couple of rockets. Changing how most cities look like requires a lot more material and a lot more manpower.
- ecshafer 4y agoWe can do a lot that would help. We can build electric mass transit (trains, street cars, busses). We can legally mandate that roads have large sidewalks / bike lanes and limit the size of rods. We could remove stroads completely. With how often roads go under maintenance, those rules would be able to be implemented fairly quickly. Remove zoning restrictions that limit density, or make artificial space like setback requirements and parking requirements, then let infill development do the work. There is a lot that can be done with the stroke of a pen and will be fixed naturally over time.