Wow sprawl is worse than I thought (and I thought it was bad).
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James Wu
Just one day’s supercommute from the exurbs (100 mile round trip) exceeds *2 years* worth of carbon absorbed by a cedar.
So if you displace one working person into the suburbs to save one tree, you just created extra carbon equal to cutting down 500 trees, and hurt the health of countless people.
So if you displace one working person into the suburbs to save one tree, you just created extra carbon equal to cutting down 500 trees, and hurt the health of countless people.
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