<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Study shows that urban dwellings have less pavement per unit than suburban homes]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Jon Rynn http://www.grist.org/article/paving-the-way/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:08:00 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/paving-the-way/1 Liberate the land!

Now we know where all the land for wind and solar energy generators and organic farming can come from: parking and roads!

And where would the resources come from (including the trains/buses to replace the cars)?  According to the above cited study:
Land costs. Land devoted to roads and parking facilities has opportunity costs, that is, it could be used in other productive ways, including housing, farming and openspace (van Essan, et al, 2004). The value of land devoted to roads and parking is estimated to total $1,000 to $2,000 annually per motor vehicle (Litman, 2003). ...

Facility costs. Roads and parking facility construction and operating costs are also estimated to total about $1,000 to $2,000 annually per motor vehicle

So, that's about $2,000 to $4,000 per vehicle per year; at about 200 million vehicles, that's $00 billion to $800 billion per year.  Alrighty then, let's get goin'!

]]> Liberate the land!

Now we know where all the land for wind and solar energy generators and organic farming can come from: parking and roads!

And where would the resources come from (including the trains/buses to replace the cars)?  According to the above cited study:
Land costs. Land devoted to roads and parking facilities has opportunity costs, that is, it could be used in other productive ways, including housing, farming and openspace (van Essan, et al, 2004). The value of land devoted to roads and parking is estimated to total $1,000 to $2,000 annually per motor vehicle (Litman, 2003). ...

Facility costs. Roads and parking facility construction and operating costs are also estimated to total about $1,000 to $2,000 annually per motor vehicle

So, that's about $2,000 to $4,000 per vehicle per year; at about 200 million vehicles, that's $00 billion to $800 billion per year.  Alrighty then, let's get goin'!

]]> Comment #2 by zacaroni http://www.grist.org/article/paving-the-way/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:31:57 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/paving-the-way/2 how true

They are adding a new sidewalk along the road I bike to work on.  It is completely unneeded: it will cut a diagonal from one sidewalk to another, just so people can have a more direct route than taking the road (which is quite wide, rarely used, and very safe to walk on).  How much of this concrete do we need, really?  

This is a hilarious little speech on the subject of such suburban tragedies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ZeXnmDZMQ

]]> how true

They are adding a new sidewalk along the road I bike to work on.  It is completely unneeded: it will cut a diagonal from one sidewalk to another, just so people can have a more direct route than taking the road (which is quite wide, rarely used, and very safe to walk on).  How much of this concrete do we need, really?  

This is a hilarious little speech on the subject of such suburban tragedies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ZeXnmDZMQ

]]> Comment #3 by Jon Rynn http://www.grist.org/article/paving-the-way/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:59:20 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/paving-the-way/3 Awesome video...

...James Howard Kunstler holding forth on the subject of his "Geography of Nowhere" books, not his peak oil book.

]]> Awesome video...

...James Howard Kunstler holding forth on the subject of his "Geography of Nowhere" books, not his peak oil book.

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