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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
If you are talking about community planning there is a simple answer - live where you work, with everything you need (markets, schools, medical centers, libraries...) in the area (neighborhood)
so you dont need a vehicle at all for 95% of your normal activities.
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Indeed. If anything, the invention of the internal combustion engine has fueled it's own fuel problems. As more people obtained the ability to transport themselves cheaply, they moved away from their places of occupation, stores, entertainment. Suburbs... If you could find a way to make a 21st century rebuild/design of urban communities, with what Ken said in mind, at least 30-40 percent of our fuel needs would evaporate.
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