These graphics should be familiar to anyone who has been to presentations on global warming in the past year or two, but it’s worth showing this updated version.
CNT (the Center for Neighborhood Technology) has a new site highlighting CO2 emissions for many regions of the country both per acre and per household. For example, here’s the graphic for Austin-San Marcos:
Displaying CO2 per household is key because it clearly illustrates that living in the wide open green spaces of the hill country are clearly not so when it comes to emissions, because these areas, obviously, require a lot more driving to get around and do, well, anything. If you live in the city you have options like biking and transit, and even when you do drive the distances are much shorter, typically.
This new CNT site is really worth checking out, it has a lot more data than shown above, including a housing plus transportation affordability index and household gas expenses, all nicely mapped out for major regions of the country.
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