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> EU is as variable as the US for such things Eh... not really. The population density across the entire EU is 3x that of that of the US. The only countries in
by jakear 4y ago
> EU is as variable as the US for such things
Eh... not really. The population density across the entire EU is 3x that of that of the US. The only countries in the EU with a lower population density than the US average are Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, and Finland. Of those, the lowest is Finland, with 41 people per sq. mile. There are 11 US states with lower density than that, including Alaska, with 1.6 people per sq. mile.
This is where the cliche of Germans coming to the US to park out in the middle of nowhere and look at nothing with no one around comes from. Not a thing in the EU! And if it is, you'll be cold.
That said, my only claim was "if there's anywhere they'd work, it's the EU". If not even the EU is suitable, well that's that.
- ben_w 4y agoI think population density misses a lot of important detail. The general absence of people in Alaska or Lapland isn't as important as the willingness to take a 5 hour journey (car or train) to get to e.g. some nice mountain climbing for a weekend. But the mediterranean coast is seen as a desirable holiday destination, not sure what the comparable destination is in the USA despite it resembling California central valley and coast. Can people make the journey they want to those places in a low-carbon way? Sure, so long as it's Barcelona or northern Italy. Athens, not so much.