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Originally Posted by noodlebee
If you build up instead of out, it would be concrete jungle. The temperature inside concrete jungle is quite high because the buildings can make a lot of wind shadow.
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This does not necessarily imply skyscrapers rather it suggests higher density. The tract housing that is our suburban dream has turned into a nightmare of highways, cars and the energy sink that is the average suburban home.
Additionally, with new technology like green roofs and other energy efficient building practices, the concrete jungle is less of an issue.
For me, I would like to see the price of gas go way up. The higher it goes, the more affordable alternatives become and the more incentive there is to develop other forms of cleaner and/or sustainable forms of power.
As long as oil/gas as a fuel is still affordable, nothing will really change.