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Alex Steffen
Personal blog · alexsteffen.comsciencepolitics
Alex Steffen's personal blog at alexsteffen.com covers science and politics. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Alex Steffen's Carbon Zero as a source for the argument that denser cities can cut carbon emissions. Commenters cite it in discussions of San Francisco zoning and density.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
A lot of smart, well-informed people object that increasing density will make things worse. They are not entirely wrong; from the current 10 people/acre moving to 15 or 20 in a clumsy way will make things worse, but moving to 30 in a smart way will unlock vast benefits. See Alex Steffen's Carbon Zero for more: http://www.alexsteffen.com/carbon-zero-2/
Comment linking /carbon-zero-2/
on “San Francisco zoning: Needs more density and tall buildings”Submitted The Politics of Optimism as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt would accomplish a huge amount. Density makes us richer and smarter: http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_o... ... and it is our best hope against climate change: http://www.alexsteffen.com/carbon-zero-2/
Comment linking /carbon-zero-2/
on “San Francisco zoning: Needs more density and tall buildings”Submitted So Big It’s Invisible as a story · 2 points
HN discussion