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Re:To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking ... by pradn on Thursday January 13, 2022 @12:05PM (#29923274)
It's unclear to me whether democratic governance is capable of reducing consumption. People want to buy bigger cars, for comfort or perceived safety, or for how they make them feel.
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Re:To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking ... by lozenge on Thursday January 13, 2022 @12:09PM (#29923348)
The CAFE standards (fuel efficiency requirements by size of vehicle) pushed the car manufacturers towards making bigger cars, and the ridiculously wide early US road building standards helped them. It's a common example of perverse incentives.
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