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Urban & Rural People In The US Need A Grand Compromise On Cars & EV…

5 years ago Jennifer Sensiba 0 Comments

As I’ve watched the growth of US EV fast charging infrastructure accelerate over the last year or so, I’ve noticed a pattern. Stations almost always get built either in places with high population density or to connect those areas. The needs of people living in small cities and rural areas are usually an afterthought along the interstates, and not a thought at all in other areas. There are often legitimate economic and cultural reasons behind this, but giving urban people more and more infrastructure presents a contradiction.

Suburban Sprawl Cancels Out Benefits Of Dense City Living

11 years ago Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Originally published by ClimateProgress by Kiley Kroh While densely-populated cities produce less greenhouse gas emissions per person, the suburban sprawl around these cities — and the increased driving, bigger homes, and higher emissions from goods and services that accompany suburban living — essentially cancels out that benefit, according to new research from … [continued]

Solar Skyscrapers are Nearly Here

13 years ago charis 3 Comments

  Living skyscrapers? Not quite. While organic solar cells are one of several types of photovoltaics currently being explored, Scientific American reports that work is being done that could lead to windows acting as solar panels, by using a compound very similar to chlorophyll. Chlorophyll, as we all remember from … [continued]