rangerone314 wrote:In the US at least, better zoning or less would help.
It'd be nice to be able to drive to a grocery store or clothing store in a golf cart, but for a lot of people that wouldn't work because... zoning.
Have areas with residential areas mixed in with farmer's markets and other merchants. Make things more walkable and bike-able (?), and use small vehicles like EV golf cars on smaller roads (using less asphalt).
Yup......and some suburbs and retirement communities in the USA are set up just as you suggest...with bike paths and lots of people getting around in golf carts.
Even better is the way they do it in Europe.
Don't use a golf cart.....just walk to the market.
Bring the farmer's markets right into the city so everything is walkable.
When I lived in Europe for a year there was a huge regional farmer's market every saturday that filled up the whole downtown of my university town with local cheese, meats, vegetables. And there were jugglers and buskers performing. It was a party every weekend.
In fact, in Europe they try to use vehicles as little as possible. If you want to go somewhere in the city, take a bus or a tram.
And if you want to travel cross-country take the train.
And it can all be made electric, if the lithium supply is large enough.
Electric trains and trams, EV buses, and foot power.
People can have a very nice life style without using fossil fuels.....if they've got the energy supplies and enough lithium batteries.
Cheers!