What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view
What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view
Voting tops the list for the world’s leading climate scientists in a year when billions of voters go to the polls
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Personal vehicles are the largest single source of emissions in the US.
If only denser housing structures and public transportation and work from home didn't all keep getting voted down and shouted down by NIMBYs so we had a better way. I get out and vote and write letters to elected officials. Not much more many of us can do.
Huh so you’re telling me most people want nothing to do with living in crammed apartment buildings?
Wow shocked pikachu face.
Wow. Way to show you have no understanding of neither the proposed solutions nor NIMBYs. The idiots voting them down don't care about what is actually being proposed, they care exclusively that it will lower housing costs. If there's enough housing for everyone their house suddenly isn't as precious a commodity and their retirement plan just withered away.
There's plenty of people who would happily move into new apartments.
Cool story bro. Have fun living in a crammed apartment building. Be sure to comment about how awesome it is and how everyone should do it.
... you realize the US has a huge housing problem where thousands of people are literally without a home? I bet a lot of people would choose to live in a "crammed" apartment building than be homeless. Right now, NIMBYs don't even want the free market to dictate whether dense housing should be created. There's zoning restrictions which don't allow the option for the creation of denser housing. What's happening now is home owners in those areas want to continue to disallow other people to build denser housing. Not even talking about 20 floor building, but sometimes even 2 story apartments or a location where more than 1 family can legally live. Its extremely regressive and helps their home prices increase, while making it harder for non home owners to gain a home.
It's possible to build nice apartments that have a good amount of space to live in. But that's not as profitable per sq ft for the property management companies that have been buying up all the land.
There's also some minor regulatory reforms that are probably needed to allow a little more flexibility in building design, specifically around the required number/type/location of stairwells. But we have to be careful about that one because we don't want to make death traps.
wow, didn't think that was the case, but based on 2021's numbers, its true. Transportation from vehicles, including personal vehicles, accounts for 29% of emissions. This is the largest source, right above electricity generation (25%). Thought transportation would be top 3 but that something else would overtake it. source