Archive for September 23rd, 2007

Is the main course coming back to life?

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

The fact that NZ contributes just 0.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions is often used as an argument for us to do nothing about reducing our emissions. For example, today in the SST Raybon Kan, tongue-in-cheek, sums it up:
Let’s get some perspective. If global warming is a crime, our prints are nowhere near the […]

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Urban sprawl and climate change

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

A new report from the Urban Land Institute in the US points to the role of urban sprawl in adding to greenhouse emissions by increasing the distance travelled by car.
They point out that reducing greenhouse emissions from transport is a three legged stool consisting of: fuel efficiency of the cars; the carbon content of the […]

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