[amtrak-official]

When people say that cities are the real polluters, I kinda want to laugh at them

[amtrak-official]

Also, I fucking hate corn

[amtrak-official]

The reason that cities produce so much less carbon despite having so many people is because there is less driving and more centralized power, the least carbon emitting places are cities with clean energy and an urban tree canopy as well as decent public transiy

[thelonghanddaydream]

What sources did you use @amtrak-official

[amtrak-official]

MIT

Policies to cut carbon emissions

In brief MIT researchers have developed a way to determine which U.S. households win and lose financially under policies designed to reduce

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[seimsisk]

the study and maps are very interesting but in general, the idea of taxing carbon emissions per household seems bizarre? I mean it sounds great when you think of taxing Taylor Swift for her private jets, but for like 90% of people their emissions are due to house appliances and cars and such and, how much can people actually choose to reduce emissions? like sure a person in rural corn country can choose to have a smaller car but they can't choose to not have a car the way someone in a city can. and the costs of heating your house are much bigger if you live in a house in the middle of nowhere than if you live in an apartment building in the heat bubble of a city.

[amtrak-official]

Good thing I am using this study as a source for why we need better urban design and planning in the united states instead of as an argument for a Carbon Tax