Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
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Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#2Corollary: the biggest impacts to energy consumption lie in land use and building code changes, secondarily in consumption habits.
See LLNL's 2018 energy flow chart:
https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/energy/us/... (PDF: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/docs/2018_United-...)
Of 101 quads, 28 go to transport. Industrial use. is dominated by relatively clean natural gas (methane), with a large chunk likely being ammonia and other chemical production (I'd like to see breakouts).
Dense and local-first construction enables public. transit, walking and cycling, localised services, shared facilities, and numerous other mechanisms of increased efficience
Denser residential spaces and more cimate-appropriate construction hugely reduces
Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#3Corollary: the biggest impacts to energy consumption lie in land use and building code changes, secondarily in consumption habits. See LLNL's 2018 energy flow chart: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/energy/us/... (PDF: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/docs/2018_United-... ) Of 101 quads, 28 go to transport. Industrial use. is dominated by relatively clean natural gas (methane), with a large…
hugely reduces... ? can you please complete your message?
Also, do you mean that places like Japan, or the central, older parts of European cities are more efficient?
Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#4Not just the legal system but also the city planners who designed all sorts of things like suburbs, malls, etc. that favour cars and are pretty much copy-pasta all over each city on the whole continent. All these people want bike lanes, I want my horse lane.
Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#5Corollary: the biggest impacts to energy consumption lie in land use and building code changes, secondarily in consumption habits. See LLNL's 2018 energy flow chart: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/energy/us/... (PDF: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/docs/2018_United-... ) Of 101 quads, 28 go to transport. Industrial use. is dominated by relatively clean natural gas (methane), with a large…
That flowchart is super-terrific; thanks for sharing it!
Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#6Corollary: the biggest impacts to energy consumption lie in land use and building code changes, secondarily in consumption habits. See LLNL's 2018 energy flow chart: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/energy/us/... (PDF: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/docs/2018_United-... ) Of 101 quads, 28 go to transport. Industrial use. is dominated by relatively clean natural gas (methane), with a large…
hugely reduces ... ? can you please complete your message? Also, do you mean that places like Japan, or the central, older parts of European cities are more efficient?
He's taken by CIA
Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#7Corollary: the biggest impacts to energy consumption lie in land use and building code changes, secondarily in consumption habits. See LLNL's 2018 energy flow chart: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/energy/us/... (PDF: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/docs/2018_United-... ) Of 101 quads, 28 go to transport. Industrial use. is dominated by relatively clean natural gas (methane), with a large…
It doesn't seem quite the same, but your comment strongly reminded me of https://www.econlib.org/an-epic-example-of-wealth-destructio... .
Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#8Not just the legal system but also the city planners who designed all sorts of things like suburbs, malls, etc. that favour cars and are pretty much copy-pasta all over each city on the whole continent. All these people want bike lanes, I want my horse lane.
Let's not forget that, at least in the case of New York, mass transit was deliberately pushed out, in pursuit of some kind of elitist pipe dream. The more I read about Robert Moses, the less respect I have for his legacy.
Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#9Yet another fantasy article that tries to suggest roads were built for "the car loving 1%ers of the 20s" and not for public transport and all kinds of other infrastructure needs, including the army's.
Re: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives
#10Not just the legal system but also the city planners who designed all sorts of things like suburbs, malls, etc. that favour cars and are pretty much copy-pasta all over each city on the whole continent. All these people want bike lanes, I want my horse lane.
Let's not forget that, at least in the case of New York, mass transit was deliberately pushed out, in pursuit of some kind of elitist pipe dream. The more I read about Robert Moses, the less respect I have for his legacy.
Your comment makes me think of the premise behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Judge Doom: Several months ago I had the good providence to stumble upon this plan of the city council's. A construction plan of epic proportions. They're calling it a freeway.
Eddie Valiant: Freeway? What the hell's a freeway?
Judge Doom: Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth, safe, fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past.
Eddie Valiant: So that's why you killed Acme and Maroon? For this freeway? I don't get it.
Judge Doom: Of course not. You lack vision. I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night. Soon, where Toontown once stood will be a string of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food. Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My God, it'll be beautiful.
Eddie Valiant: Come on! Nobody's going to drive this lousy freeway when they can take the Red Car for a nickel.
Judge Doom: Oh, they'll drive. They'll have to. You see, I bought the Red Car so I could dismantle it.