http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/29/carbon-footprints-of-top-100-metro-areas-researched-by-brookings/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:36:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/29/carbon-footprints-of-top-100-metro-areas-researched-by-brookings/comment-page-1/#comment-57107 David Dwyer Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:18:32 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/29/carbon-footprints-of-top-100-metro-areas-researched-by-brookings/#comment-57107 New complex adaptive energy and economic systems need to be developed in order to understand and gain control of the rural-urban carbon,food,energy relationships. A new way of developing local economies is essential to the overall success of our attempts to reduce and replace carbon based power and centralized(only)food production. We have the opportunity to work with the established food and energy infrastructures, using these systems as equal or sometimes secondary sources. They are now our only sources. A carbon/energy/food rehabilition plan based on the established systems only will keep the exclusive contol of these commodities in the hands of a few large provider. This could easily create a permanent underclass-carbon reduced, a little greener, but devoid of economic opportunity. New complex adaptive energy and economic systems need to be developed in order to understand and gain control of the rural-urban carbon,food,energy relationships. A new way of developing local economies is essential to the overall success of our attempts to reduce and replace carbon based power and centralized(only)food production. We have the opportunity to work with the established food and energy infrastructures, using these systems as equal or sometimes secondary sources. They are now our only sources. A carbon/energy/food rehabilition plan based on the established systems only will keep the exclusive contol of these commodities in the hands of a few large provider. This could easily create a permanent underclass-carbon reduced, a little greener, but devoid of economic opportunity.

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/29/carbon-footprints-of-top-100-metro-areas-researched-by-brookings/comment-page-1/#comment-56883 zgorgon Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:37:35 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/29/carbon-footprints-of-top-100-metro-areas-researched-by-brookings/#comment-56883 The Brookings study seems to have started with a conclusion and only investigated the factors that support the conclusion. Some of the factors left out: 1)Carbon dioxide generated by transporting food and other commodities by refrigerated trucks into traffic congested cities. The higher the concentration of people, the further the food must be transported. 2) A lot of the energy consumed in rural areas is for producing food for metropolitan areas. The Brookings study seems to have started with a conclusion and only investigated the factors that support the conclusion. Some of the factors left out:
1)Carbon dioxide generated by transporting food and other commodities by refrigerated trucks into traffic congested cities. The higher the concentration of people, the further the food must be transported.
2) A lot of the energy consumed in rural areas is for producing food for metropolitan areas.

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