tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16502818.post1484867821211648468..comments2024-03-14T16:35:30.797+11:00Comments on Net Traveller: Making Canberra a Sustainable Garden CityTom Worthingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437898895608697334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16502818.post-50521880412858327572011-10-24T17:05:06.968+11:002011-10-24T17:05:06.968+11:00michael_in_adelaide said October 24, 2011 2:32 PM:...michael_in_adelaide said October 24, 2011 2:32 PM:<br /><br />><i>... The idea that 1 million Canberrans can somehow live with less impact and energy than Canberra's current population while maintaining a similar quality of life is a simply ridiculous notion ...</i><br /><br />Just to explain, I was <a href="http://blog.tomw.net.au/2010/10/canberra-2030-planning-workshop.html" rel="Tom Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437898895608697334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16502818.post-55524301910088748242011-10-24T14:32:37.440+11:002011-10-24T14:32:37.440+11:00Idiots who push increased population for cities fo...Idiots who push increased population for cities forget that cities must be FED and that food production, processing and distribution requires ENERGY and other declining resources such as PHOSPHATE. Food production will be our greatest challenge this century and adding more food consumers to a city on the bizarre assumption that this will somehow increase energy efficency is just insane. It is themichael_in_adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08928698148300218689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16502818.post-16161371482641097212011-10-12T19:37:46.892+11:002011-10-12T19:37:46.892+11:00The great thing about Canberra is that there is no...The great thing about Canberra is that there is not too many people. No traffic jam ! <br /><br />That is a dream city. <br />You really don't want to triple its population !<br /><br /> If you really want too, you would have to develop a fully new public transport system, ideally automatic, and therefore rail based, and reaching all suburbs too. It was there in the initial planning of the Pascal Vuylstekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13035917856777724438noreply@blogger.com