Al gore wants to spend $90 trillion redesigning every city on Earth.

Jimmy Garlic

I thought this was satire when I first saw it. Apparently not...

Here's one way to solve global warming: Spend $90 trillion (£59 trillion) over the next few years to redesign all the cities — as in all the cities on Earth — so people live in more densely packed neighbourhoods and don't need cars.

Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/plan-to-spend-90-trillion-redesigning-cities-without-cars-2015-1?r=US#ixzz3PzQ3kD8D

Turtwig

Climate change aside, it's in every city's future interest to become as energy efficient as possible.

Jimmy Garlic

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I thought this was satire when I first saw it. Apparently not...

Oh no, he's super serial.

cerastes

where will he put his swimming pool?

Jimmy Garlic

Turtwig wrote: »

Climate change aside, it's in every city's future interest to become as energy efficient as possible.

Sure. But do you want to live in Al Gores dystopian wet dream? You can be sure that Gore, with many ostentatious mansions to choose from, won't be living packed into one of the sardine cities with the little people.

qt3.14

World military expenditure is in 2-2.5tn bracket so we could do it with no extra taxes in a couple of generations of we were serious about it

c_man

Al gore wants to spend $90 trillion redesigning every city on Earth.

I suspect the Sindo are actually behind this. A fiendish scheme to get the construction sector roaring again.

The Backwards Man

Ultimately, this will have to happen anyway. Populations are too scattered, even in big cities

ireland.man

Al gore wants to spend $90 trillion and you'll never guess on what!!!!!

"Turns out the $90 trillion is the total of infrastructure investment that is likely to be spent anyway building and upgrading cities. Gore and Calderon are arguing that it be spent more wisely, to produce cities that don't incentivize people to burn fossil fuels just to get from A to B."

No need for a click-bait headline, it's actually quite reasonable stuff.

Harry Palmr

Who's got 90 trillion handy?

MonkeyTennis

Down the back of the mega sofa!

K4t

It's stories like this which remind you why the Republican party is so popular in the US.

Jimmy Garlic

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Ultimately, this will have to happen anyway. Populations are too scattered, even in big cities

It would be a lot easier to control vast numbers of people too when they are all packed into relatively small areas with no personal transport.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Apartment living is perfectly reasonable if the apartment developments are properly designed and built. Here in Germany the size and quality of apartment developments are in marked contrast to the pokey little dens of misery found in many parts of Ireland. For example, I was able to have a sauna installed in my apartment last year. Hardly achievable if I had to live in a Liam Carroll built flat off the South Circular Road.

SEPT 23 1989

Would it be a Hiroshima style demolition of existing structures?

The Backwards Man

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

It would be a lot easier to control vast numbers of people too when they are all packed into relatively small areas with no personal transport.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

ireland.man

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Would it be a Hiroshima style demolition of existing structures?

"Turns out the $90 trillion is the total of infrastructure investment that is likely to be spent anyway building and upgrading cities. Gore and Calderon are arguing that it be spent more wisely, to produce cities that don't incentivize people to burn fossil fuels just to get from A to B."

El_Dangeroso

He lives here:

http://www.urbansplatter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bs2-jpg.jpeg

Something about practice and preaching..

My name is URL

Kinda misleading article and thread title tbh. $90 trillion is the projected cost for investment needed to modernise and upgrade city infrastructure worldwide.

Gore and Calderon are just suggesting that the money be spent in a smarter more forward looking way.

ireland.man

My name is URL wrote: »

Kinda misleading article and thread title tbh. $90 trillion is the projected cost for investment needed to modernise and upgrade city infrastructure worldwide.

Gore and Calderon are just suggesting that the money be spent in a smarter more forward looking way.

Yeah, I'm surprised by how many posters reply with criticisms of the plan based on the headline of the thread alone

conorhal

My name is URL wrote: »

Kinda misleading article and thread title tbh. $90 trillion is the projected cost for investment needed to modernise and upgrade city infrastructure worldwide.

Gore and Calderon are just suggesting that the money be spent in a smarter more forward looking way.

A smarter way of spending the money would not be carbon trading (another comodities market for traders) or this guff. If we spent the bloodly money on researching 22nd century technologies, rather then medieval ones like windmills, I'm pretty sure that I only be charging my iPhone's graphine battery every 30,000 years or so from the cold fusion reactor under my sink in the kitchen by now!

Jesus Wept

A ****ty solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
My fav bit was the picture of a ship on top of a building.

He's lost it since he invented the internet.

ireland.man

conorhal wrote: »

A smarter way of spending the money would not be carbon trading (another comodities market for traders) or this guff. If we spent the bloodly money on researching 22nd century technologies, rather then medieval ones like windmills, I'm pretty sure that I only be charging my iPhone's graphine battery every 30,000 years or so from the cold fusion reactor under my sink in the kitchen by now!

I'd love to see huge sums put into developing new technologies but it's too risky to assume we'll invent something that'll fix everything in the future. Better to fix what we know are problems now.

oceanman

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Id say most people would think its a bad thing!

stillalive88

qt3.14 wrote: »

World military expenditure is in 2-2.5tn bracket so we could do it with no extra taxes in a couple of generations of we were serious about it

Would not be too bad of an idea. Considering how much times have changed, most european cities are designed on medieval standards...

Areyouwell

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Al gore wants to spend $90 trillion redesigning every city on Earth.

Or maybe we should use it to make sure, that everybody has enough food in their stomach and a warm cosy roof over their head at night.

jimgoose

Could they not just plant some nice trees here-and-there and use bicycles a bit more in city centres?

Egginacup

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I thought this was satire when I first saw it. Apparently not...

So it's just cars that cause greenhouse emissions, is it? How do you transport goods between cities? Exactly....TRUCKS. How are people going to get out to the countryside? OK maybe in an electric car or electric train. But some of the biggest contributors to fossil fuel emissions are ships and aircraft. Until you get electric ships and planes in action your lack of cars is not going to solve the problem.

You need your fuckin head tested, Gore.

force eleven

Where will he put the Polar bears?

YFlyer

There be self sufficient garden skyscrapers.

Iwasfrozen

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Sure. But do you want to live in Al Gores dystopian wet dream? You can be sure that Gore, with many ostentatious mansions to choose from, won't be living packed into one of the sardine cities with the little people.

I'd rather live in Al Gore's dystopian wet dream than modern Dublin. It's impossible to rent a decent apartment in this city.

The Backwards Man

Soylent green is people!

Iwasfrozen

Egginacup wrote: »

So it's just cars that cause greenhouse emissions, is it? How do you transport goods between cities? Exactly....TRUCKS. How are people going to get out to the countryside? OK maybe in an electric car or electric train. But some of the biggest contributors to fossil fuel emissions are ships and aircraft. Until you get electric ships and planes in action your lack of cars is not going to solve the problem.

You need your fuckin head tested, Gore.

Pretty sure cars give off more gases than trunk, planes or ships.

Don't get me wrong I enjoy cars as much as the next guy but they may not be feasible in the future and while planes and trucks are necessary personal cars just, aren't.

Shenshen

I'm a bit confused at the outrage - isn't that what you'd want if you decide to go live in a city?
The convenience of having everything close by and not needing a car?

stevedublin

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Who's got 90 trillion handy?

central banks

Adamantium

What Al Gore's nightmares look like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb092WwMMaU

stimpson

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

For example, I was able to have a sauna installed in my apartment last year.

That's the third time in the past few weeks I've read about your sauna that you have in your apartment. You like being sweaty - we get it.

Capt'n Midnight

Look at how Mega City One turned out.

No need for cars unless you are travelling across the mutant infested wasteland between cities.

jimgoose

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Look at how Mega City One turned out.

No need for cars unless you are travelling across the mutant infested wasteland between cities.

A headlight pierced the darkness,
A rider gaunt and grim,
Daystick drawn and ready in his hand.
The chin belonged to Dredd,
And the voice as well, which said:
"You creeps can do your rumbling in the can!"

Bongalongherb

That man has serious psychological issues. It's whacko's like him that want us all going back to the horse and cart.

ScumLord

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Who's got 90 trillion handy?

we do and we're spending it anyway.

ireland.man wrote: »

Yeah, I'm surprised by how many posters reply with criticisms of the plan based on the headline of the thread alone

That's how modern journalism works, you've got a headline make it count. don't worry about being informative, just make sure you stoke up the angry mob.

Adamantium

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Look at how Mega City One turned out.

No need for cars unless you are travelling across the mutant infested wasteland between cities.

The Wild Atlantic Way I believe it's called.

Muckie

Adamantium wrote: »

The Wild Atlantic Way I believe it's called.

LOL....drove that way a few months back....

hordes of sheep/muties rambling around, some crazy roads thru the hills.

Nice escape from civilisation though.

RobertKK

Al Gore has invested millions in green technology, and has made many times in returns.

He says he is putting his money where his mouth is, but he is also acting in self interest.

Gummy Panda

Does it really matter?

Didn't the last of us teach us that most of the population will be wiped out by a fungal infection and antoniobanderas.gif will live on

Buford T. Justice XIX

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

He lives here:

http://www.urbansplatter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bs2-jpg.jpeg

Something about practice and preaching..

Yes, him and the 4,592 people he will be supporting in his utopian template will be living there.

c_man

Why don't we just face facts and go nuclear on the problem? I say we launch enough nukes randomly distributed at major population centres worldwide to kill ~3 billion people. Due to the devastating nature of the after-effects of the attacks, I can confidently predict another billion or so to die in the years after.

But we'd have sorted out climate change, population and resource explosion etc etc. The new guys to arise from the ashes, they'd know about the environmental concerns etc that we've encountered and thusly avoid it. We'd really be saving humanity. Some might say that we'd be heroes.

Cookie_Monster

Egginacup wrote: »

So it's just cars that cause greenhouse emissions, is it? How do you transport goods between cities? Exactly....TRUCKS. How are people going to get out to the countryside? OK maybe in an electric car or electric train. But some of the biggest contributors to fossil fuel emissions are ships and aircraft. Until you get electric ships and planes in action your lack of cars is not going to solve the problem.

You need your fuckin head tested, Gore.

transporting goods is for the most part required in order for society to function, 90% of private car journeys are not.

ireland.man

c_man wrote: »

Why don't we just face facts and go nuclear on the problem? I say we launch enough nukes randomly distributed at major population centres worldwide to kill ~3 billion people. Due to the devastating nature of the after-effects of the attacks, I can confidently predict another billion or so to die in the years after.

But we'd have sorted out climate change, population and resource explosion etc etc. The new guys to arise from the ashes, they'd know about the environmental concerns etc that we've encountered and thusly avoid it. We'd really be saving humanity. Some might say that we'd be heroes.

I wonder should we pray that terrorists get their hands on a few nuclear weapons... before it's too late

SeanW

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It would be a lot easier to control vast numbers of people too when they are all packed into relatively small areas with no personal transport.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Товарищ Обратная Человек. Вы показываете нам путь к Москве, вы показать нам путь к революции, приходят петь славную советский гимн.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs