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 Vehicles
An electric car only produces about 200 grams of CO2, they are very efficient. Electric cars are also more expensive than the average gas car. The price is 17% higher for a new electric car than a gas car. A family is going to worry more about putting food on the table than buying a sustainable car especially if the price cost is higher. As these cars become more widespread the price of them may go down. The question is how can we make them more affordable now? Hybrid cars might be part of the solution. They are around the same cost as a gas powered car, but are much more efficient in burning fuel.