The problem is really the nature of urban planning, gated communities, suburban living, inner city factory zones and stratified hierarchical thinking. If you read the history of urban planning, you will see that our cities were DESIGNED for gasoline and automobile use (and consumption). Urban planners were "heavily influenced" by the needs of the oil industry and the automobile industry. The cities were designed to necessitate driving automobiles to a separate job site and a separate entertainment zone, thereby selling more cars and gasoline. THIS is not an accident. Before we can seriously reduce CO2 emissions we will need to radically redesign the nature of living and working in the city and fundamental principles of Urban Planning.
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WilliamSchaeffer
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