tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206529963393378427.post3695789348807725910..comments2024-02-22T17:01:02.551+01:00Comments on Life after oil: Suburbia is unsustainableUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206529963393378427.post-53910557419325464962010-02-04T15:31:54.389+01:002010-02-04T15:31:54.389+01:00In both the U.S.A. and Canada the good news is tha...In both the U.S.A. and Canada the good news is that the population has been moving from the country to the city in droves. <br />Resources and infrastructure can be much more readily provided for a population in the cities than one that lives in rural areas.<br /><br />Currently in North America generally, 80% live in municipalities , even though you estimate that of that 80% , only 20% live in "city like" environments.<br /><br />I recently moved from a small town to a slightly larger one. In my previous home there was no access to natural gas via pipeline, and there was no high-speed internet. There still is not. <br /><br />It will not ever become economical to service the thinly distributed population.<br /><br />In my new home , the municipality has the exact opposite of the population density of Canada. <br /><br />In our municipality the population is 20% urban and 80% rural. <br /><br />This farming community has been here for a hundred years and generations have lived in the same houses on the same streets.<br /><br />We like it that way.<br /><br />We hope to survive in a new energy reduced society by adapting.<br /><br />Just how we do it is one of the main topics of interest as the community continues to change.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192825173337549939noreply@blogger.com