Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality
by mytailorisrich on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @03:31AM
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> where middle class people can afford big houses with a pool
And where each person (in the country) consumes twice as much energy as an average French person does [1] and more than 3 times as much water [2]
The "American way of life" is not sustainable.
Mind you, many French can afford a house with a pool as well. The problem is in fact that they do buy houses with pools these days... There were 700k private pools in France in 2000, 1.7 millions in 2012, probably more than 2.5 millions in 2018, making the country the 2nd market after the USA. [3][4]
And where each person (in the country) consumes twice as much energy as an average French person does [1] and more than 3 times as much water [2]
The "American way of life" is not sustainable.
Mind you, many French can afford a house with a pool as well. The problem is in fact that they do buy houses with pools these days... There were 700k private pools in France in 2000, 1.7 millions in 2012, probably more than 2.5 millions in 2018, making the country the 2nd market after the USA. [3][4]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_co...
[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/263156/water-consumption...
[3] https://www.planetoscope.com/habitat/1002-les-ventes-de-pisc...
[4] http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/2018/07/23/97002-20180723FI...