If all of the USA (and Australia) were at the density of Brooklyn
Posted: March 14, 2010 Filed under: Planning | Tags: Australia, Brooklyn, density, infographic, Melbourne, New Hampshire, one-big-neighbourhood, Population, USA Leave a commentIf the entire population of the USA were housed at the same density as Brooklyn, it would all fit in New Hampshire with space left over! See more on this infographic here. I calculate that the entire population of Australia could be accommodated at the same density as Brooklyn within a radius of about 25Km from the centre of Melbourne – the boundary in the south east, for example, would be around the intersection of the Monash Freeway and the East Link freeway. That would leave a lot of space left over! Read the rest of this entry »
Electricity generation – renewables vs nuclear
Posted: March 14, 2010 Filed under: Energy & GHG | Tags: Melbourne Town Hall, Molly Olsen, nuclear power, renewables, Ziggy Switkowski Leave a commentIn my post on 10 March, We need to be more strategic about how we tackle greenhouse gas, I argued that we should give priority to making electricity carbon-free ahead of other actions like investing heavily in public transport. The post attracted a comment from Matt. For those who didn’t read it, he left an interesting link to beyond zero emissions on the potential for renewables to replace coal in generating electricity. Here’s more detail.
I attended the public debate in Melbourne Town Hall on 4 March where the proposition on the table was “that we should embrace nuclear power”. Here therefore in the interests of balance is a link to Brave New climate, which makes the case for nuclear.
The Melbourne Urbanist 