https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/culdesac-tempe-arizona-walkable-car-free-neighborhood/
In the Culdesac part of Tempe, Arizona, residents are the first non-urban community in the U.S. to boast a walkable, car-free neighborhood.
I am well aware of the problems with car dependent design, that isn't what this is about.
I was driving in my car mandatory suburb and was delayed by a good 10 minutes due to a pair of very poorly timed lights. The main thoroughfare had a left turn lane split off that was backed up onto the main road. The turn light would literally turn green for about 5 seconds. A bit further down the road, a light controls traffic to a neighborhood of SFH with very few cars coming or going. The light on the main road would turn red for literally no cars longer than the other light stayed green with so many cars it caused a backup.
Simply adjusting these traffic lights would save loads of time, fuel, and EMISSIONS. It got me wondering what other things like adjusting those lights could be done that even the thirstiest petroholic can't object to?
My example is a drop in the bucket to the GHG problem, but enough drops will fill the bucket. I will be contacting my city about it. I don't doubt they will at least attempt to fix it because traffic is a common complaint, so a simple fix is an easy win for them.
https://grist.org/energy/portugal-just-ran-on-100-percent-renewables-for-six-days-in-a-row/
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
I would like to address the doomers.
Just stop. All you are accomplished is dissuading people from trying. Even if we fail, some of us would rather go out feeling good about ourselves knowing that we actually tried. If we succeed, I want to be on the right side of history. If you want to drive a canyonero through a drive through to buy a double cheeseburger on your way to the airport to fly somewhere for a shopping trip: please keep it to yourself.
Doomers are the fossil fuel industry's best friend-- even more than the deniers are. If enough people succumb to it, they don't even have to pay lip service to the problem. Doomerism means you can continue to pollute and not even try.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/politics/takeaways-election-day/index.html
The battle for control of the Virginia legislature is still hanging in the balance, but the first round of returns from Tuesday’s off-year elections delivered one clear message: abortion rights are popular, no matter when or where they are on the ballot.
Good Morning USA. It is election day. Go vote. That is all.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-tax-rebates-election-week-rcna123640
Democrats are crying foul, suggesting the timing of the rebates is political in nature.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/10/this-electric-school-bus-has-a-range-of-up-to-300-miles/
The Type-D school bus uses a 387 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery.
https://www.theverge.com/23930058/forecast-clean-renewable-unstoppable-international-energy-agency
The International Energy Agency has a new forecast for 2030.
https://mastodon.world/@tylersguides/111285874911126150
I wrote a short article asking media to dedicate time or space to climate content. Notice how in the site navigation I have a link to a dedicated climate section. E.g. if you are a general news site, you would have a section called Climate in the same way you have World, Your Country, Weather, etc. The idea is to make it all but impossible to ignore. Let's provide our youth a reasonable future. Act. https://tylersguides.com/opinion/media-call-to-action-on-the-climate-crisis/
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