I’m sure this article makes great points too, but I had a hard time reading past this in the intro: “As Despommier notes, the world’s cities make up two per ce

I’m sure this article makes great points too, but I had a hard time reading past this in the intro: “As Despommier notes, the world’s cities make up two per cent of the Earth’s surface but produce sixty per cent of the planet’s greenhouse emissions.” …as though that is some kind of “gotcha” for cities. But it’s like complaining that oceans make up only 70% of the Earth’s surface but contain almost 100% of its water! Forests cover only 30% of the land surface but contain almost all of the trees! Cities produce 60% of the plane’s greenhouse emissions because that’s where people live, and it’s people who produce greenhouse emissions. It’s not an amazing argument for urban farming, it’s a tautology.