by Erik Kain on November 18, 2011
Riffing off of a study on parking lot spaces and population and economic growth, Felix Salmon writes: Parking lots are — with only a handful of exceptions — the best possible way of destroying a city’s soul. They’re gruesome, lifeless places, and I’m constantly astonished by the way in which governments and developers are convinced [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 7, 2011
Paul Krugman’s Sunday column looks at solar energy as the next tech revolution – and a necessary step if we want to achieve energy independence and a clean, hospitable environment. Writes Krugman: We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar [...]
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