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Re:Global Glacier Extinction Explorer by lotsofpulp on Friday September 11, 2026 @01:35PM (#49662204)
>Second, if you live in a cold country, improve your house heating efficiency and/or switch to heat pumps.

Almost everything is inconsequential compared to living in a (detached) house. The detached house increases consumption of all kinds by orders of magnitude due to greatly increasing the distance everything moves to and around the house.

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Re:Global Glacier Extinction Explorer by CalRobert on Saturday September 12, 2026 @12:00AM (#49668643)
Ironically I live in a model of suburban bliss with tons of green space and it works because the houses are mostly row houses (terrace houses, tussenwoning, etc). It’s even easy to be car free here. Houten, NL
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Re:Global Glacier Extinction Explorer by lotsofpulp on Saturday September 12, 2026 @11:23AM (#49673259)
In the US, that would be considered urban, not suburban.

This is a US suburb:

https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/02/127466-changing-shap...

Far less density of people.

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Re:Global Glacier Extinction Explorer by CalRobert on Sunday September 13, 2026 @01:55AM (#49680462)
Right (I grew up in US suburbia) but to people who visit us it feels suburban. Which I hope can help sell the idea that you can have the upsides of suburban life without living in a sea of asphalt.
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Re:Global Glacier Extinction Explorer by defrost on Sunday September 13, 2026 @02:04AM (#49680506)
From that lede photo, far less communal open space for walking, running, kicking a ball, etc.

Leading to a car centric less active and less communal lifestyle.

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