To support the Paris agreement: advocate, locally, for housing dense enough to support transit good enough for the rich to not want cars.
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Even better: do this primarily in areas with low heating and cooling costs (such as coastal California).
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There's plenty of demand for such housing. Keep building it until environmentally-friendly housing is cheaper than other housing.
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Heating & cooling are a big deal. IIRC, average personal energy use is lower in LA metro than NYC metro, b/c climate control > transport.

Jun 2, 2017 · 11:15 PM UTC

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(That is, the difference in climate control use is bigger than the difference in transport use. Not sure about the totals.)
Replying to @davidbaron
diet is another significant factor, and easy for people to make a positive difference there sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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Replying to @davidbaron
A lot of this difference can be closed by using energy efficient design. We haven't been doing that the last few centuries, but we can.
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