[Greenbuilding] Car-free living; was Re: [BULK] Re: Tata, funny name, un funny topic.

[Andrew Golkin]

>
> How could we transform these auto-dependent landscapes into ones that
> accommodated car-free living? What sorts of changes would be attempted
> first? How much is this a problem of infrastructure and how much of habit
> and attitude?


I would be happy to see some of these rural communities return to
self-sufficiency.
Such as the farmers grow enough food for the community and sell the rest.
Self serving
wind power or electricity, etc.  You would never need to leave your
community but you would
have the option if you wanted to.  That in my mind would be the best
approach.  The problem
is that with national and international corporations the farmers (both a
metaphor and the real thing)
are selling their goods to these corporations which are then distributing
them across the land.
Think about how much gas, energy, emissions, etc. would be saved if we
didn't have to transport
goods so much.

-- Andrew

On Jan 15, 2008 3:08 PM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 15, 2008 11:58 AM, Leslie Moyer <Unschooler at atlasok.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > In most American cities (particularly out here in the vast midwest), we
> > don't have the infrastructure to support car-free living.
>
>
> I admit that this would be my first reaction too. But what if we instead
> asked: How could we transform these auto-dependent landscapes into ones
> that
> accommodated car-free living? What sorts of changes would be attempted
> first? How much is this a problem of infrastructure and how much of habit
> and attitude?
>
> In rural parts of Oregon with which I am familiar urban transit companies
> are starting to expand their service territory and connecting up their
> routes and schedules with adjacent towns. This effort is still in its
> infancy, but it is a start. If everyone out there is assumed to still have
> a
> car these routes are going to have a tough time persisting,...
>
>
> >  Which comes
> > first--the chicken or the egg?
> >
> > --Leslie
> >
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