>>13590684It's dumb not to address all the angles, there are savings to be had everywhere, it's also dumb to think that any particular thing is the "one surefire thing to fix it".
A good first step would be to remove the subsidies for suburbia, despite what most americans might think suburbs are heavily subsidized (their taxes generally don't cover the infrastructure like streets and sewage networks they occupy). This is in contrast to lot of seemingly less well off denser areas which are in fact paying taxes to support the suburbia. Raising taxes or changing the taxation from property tax to land tax which would encourage development instead of punishing it.
Suburbia is essentially bankrupting the american communities and most people don't even realize this. Seach strongtowns for more info, they got lot of content such as case studies on this matter.
Another angle is to realize that suburbia isn't always bad, people want to live in suburbia and they should be allowed to do so with liberal zoning policies ensuring you can build your home just the way you want. Simple solutions can improve the emissions of suburbia too (the financial viability is another thing), for instance electric vehicles and remote working can reduce emissions from suburban living significantly. Redesigning zoning to allow smaller urban cores inside suburbia could create concentrated local shopping and entertainment areas which would reduce overall travel distances, better public transport links combined with reduced parking minimums (or even parking maximums instead) would incentivize using the buss without preventing you from using your car if you are willing to pay the price.
Change should be drastic or kneejerky and instead be methodical to allow for the people and economies to adapt, small changes also matter.
Also, probably
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