
How much land will a renewable energy system use?
Transitioning to clean energy doesn’t have to use more land than our current fossil fuel-based energy system.
Transitioning to clean energy doesn’t have to use more land than our current fossil fuel-based energy system.
Walkability has become a highly sought-after neighborhood trait, but many American cities just aren’t designed for it. With more funding available today than ever before to invest in active modes of transportation, the door is wide open for that to change.
Acknowledging that vehicle travel is not destined to continue growing rapidly forever – and, more audaciously, suggesting that a new generation of Americans might prefer less car-dominated lives – can drive policymakers and the public to have a different kind of conversation about our transportation future.
How, in the middle of a climate crisis, does it make sense to make driving artificially cheap by refusing to charge drivers the full cost it imposes on society? And how can subsidizing driving be considered “just” when it threatens the futures not only of people with far fewer resources around the world, but also future generations, who don’t have a say in the matter at all?
Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Policy Analyst, Frontier Group