It is very possible to have lives that are just as prosperous, and nicer, that use 5 percent of the fossil fuels and virgin materials we do now. But if we're living anything like the average McMansion-ite, SUV-driving suburbanites, there's simply no way that can be powered in a climate-friendly way.

The most climate friendly trip we are ever going to take is the trip we never had to take because we were close to what we wanted.

The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it.

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