This article by Alex Williams [1] covers a lot of territory, including:
The environmental costs of suburban life [2], which evolved around the highway system, cheap oil, and the automobile and now typically consumes several times more energy per person (and thus fossil fuels) than urban living. There’s all that driving. There are the chugging mowers and fertilizers and pesticides used to keep all those lawns lovely. Lighting, heating and cooling those ballooning homes consumes vast amounts of energy compared to a city apartment — or a house half a century ago. ncluding the environmental costs of suburbia.
See, also, the trailer of “The End of Suburbia,” here [3]. And here’s a good read: My other car is a bright green city. [4]
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