sf > wrote:

>(Steve Pope) wrote:

>> Actually, most people have the option -- some would say the
>> responsibility -- to relocate to an area where their needs can be met
>> with less resource use.
>>
>> This means relocating to urban areas and relocating out of cold-climate
>> ares.

>Steve... please think about what you're saying. Are you saying that
>urban areas should be even more impacted and compacted by human
>population? Is that what you mean?

Yes that's exactly what I mean, and it is exactly what almost
any environmentalist would agree with.

>I am not in favor of urban
>sprawl, but building up (in double digit floor numbers) doesn't appeal
>to me either.

For a given sized population you cannot contain sprawl
without increasing housing density within cities.

Steve