Here's your chance not just to be the mayor, but the original city planner as well! Imagine a medium sized city that would be developed with modern, low carbon transportation in mind, and other strategies to reduce the average citizens' carbon footprints.
What would that city look like? Would that make you more likely to want to live there?
Sustainable City >
Electric transportation
More and more vehicles are going electric and now I think the biggest change that needs to happen with this is how expensive they are. If they were reasonable prices, more people could afford them, and I think that would help to lower the carbon levels in the air. Also, if you don't necessarily need to take bus or a car, then don't. If you can help, then do it!
I totally agree with the point that we could all do a bit extra in the factor of contributing to lower the carbon levels but it's hard when not everyone can afford the cost. Biking places and even walking to get exercise could be better.
I agree on biking, not only does a bike last for a pretty long time, it also keeps you in shape and reduces carbon levels.
I’m not very excited about electric cars becoming more popular, they’re not as reliable or accessible as a normal diesel car for example(even though the diesel produces a toooon of waste).
And also, CO2 emission for making one of these batteries is absolutely shocking. For example, a very popular electric car that you guys have probably seen since you live in America is the Tesla, made by Elon Musk. To make a lithium-ion battery for these cars to run on their “sustainable and totally non-polluting energy” the CO2 emissions are anywhere from 3120kg(about 3 tons) to 15.680 kg (about 16 tons)
For reference, after completing the survey, my carbon footprint is about 3.307kg per year. It would take me about 4,7 years to produce as much CO2, I would already be going to college by that age!!
It is absolutely terrifying to me