California won’t meet its climate change goals without a lot more housing density in its cities.
(2017, March 6). Retrieved March 11, 2017, from http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-housing-climate-change-goals-20170306-story.html
Last year, California pledged to get its emissions down to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. This is an extreme challenge to face, but many people stay hopeful. According to Los Angeles Times, the only possible way to do this is to increase the amount of homes in urban areas so people will be able to use public transportation. Another goal is to have 40% of new cars be electric, which will be extremely hard seeing how costly it is but if regulations are put in place, it may happen.
The reason this is related to environmental science is because california is one of the largest states, and it must follow its pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are polluting the environment. I think it is cool that California is taking a stand, but the people are not going to be happy. It is going to get fairly compact in the coming years and we are not going to be comfortable. I truly believe we can reach this goal, but we will need everyone’s participation.
I applaud California for taking action on climate change and setting a precedent for other states to follow and think that having electric cars will be very beneficial for our environment in the long run.
This is very interesting! I think the biggest trick is, is that we need to find a way to get people happy about helping the environment. If people are more educated on environmental issues, they will be more willing to pay the higher prices of electric cars. Do you know the price difference of cars run on gasoline and electric cars?