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I don't own a car and don't have AC. Still, my emissions and resource consumption are far too great. To long term stabilize climate we need to be poor, compare
by davidktr 3y ago
I don't own a car and don't have AC. Still, my emissions and resource consumption are far too great.
To long term stabilize climate we need to be poor, compared with today. Tough sell in a democratic society.
- lwansbrough 3y agoI don’t think so. Carbon emissions per capita in NYC are lower than poor counties in the US (though I recognize even those are wildly rich by global standards.) Cities are really efficient, just not the way America builds them. But it could start building better cities tomorrow.