C'mon Chris. You misread what I meant. I meant we do NOT need to worry about numbers replenishing themselves, we already have plenty. I had one daughter and adopted two other children. However, the city is the ideal way to deal with such numbers. If you don't spend all of that energy on nonsense jobs that do nothing for the human spirit or competence, you will have the money to pay for your energy. I use much less energy resources than an average family in the suburbs with a large house. I also am limited to two rooms. How many rooms does the average house have to provide energy for? How much energy is lost in poor insulation and the outside walls of separate housing? New York is large enough to effect the weather in the coldest times. Air quality is not great but Europeans who come here from France and Germany always comment on how good our air is. We have the best public water works in America. We do, however, have to be on constant guard that the corporations in the suburbs with their waste and poor sanitation systems don't pollute the sources of that water. My building is far more efficient in its seventeen floors than a comparable suburb serving the same number in houses. Our streets take less energy to care for. The public services are low per capita because of the proximity.
As you know the redundancy in capitalism is appalling. The generic quality is terrible and they can't even pay to create energy sources for the future because there is no surplus for profit until it's on line. Putting people in cities where they use public transportation, have close proximity to services that don't demand cars and where they help each other, is much more efficient than any town on the prairie or elsewhere. We can feed and clothe our people for much less per person than people can in small towns or even moderately large cities. Our schools are excellent if you make the effort to get your child to a school. Training the children in public schools is cheaper per capita than any of the small town or suburbs in New York State. As for my library? I have fine architecture and urban planning section as a part of my library. We could seat all of any city in Canada in our subway without people having to stand. Compare to the cost and energy of automobiles per person. It's a lot cheaper for me to walk down the block to go to an African, Asian, or any other culture's stores or restaurants than it is for me to take vacations and travel. The urbanity and sophistication that comes with the average city dweller is also helpful in raising the generic level of the average citizen. It comes down to whether it is more efficient to have a small personal space but a large common where everyone has access to exceptional services or whether you have a large personal space but have to provide the energy for that and the energy for driving too and from the services that then must be located miles and even hours distance from where you live. I've know people here who would rent in a very dangerous neighborhood simply because they got more personal space for cheaper. They eventually gentrify the neighborhood if the survive walking to and from the ATM. Every place has its dangers. I personally chose a smaller space closer to the magnificent services the city provides. I prefer a quality smaller space with my books and things that shape my identity and a larger more quality common outside. It gets me out. I walk a lot and its good for my health and temperament.:>)) REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 9:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] The partial answer of the 0.00001% REH wrote: > I don't see the issue with population being replenished because there are > 100,000 people in a ten square block area around me. And the food to feed these 100,000 people is grown in the four star restaurant downstairs in your building, right? And you don't need nuclear power plants because the power comes right out of your wall socket. How many science textbooks among your 6000 books...? Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
