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A new approach for the age of $4 gasoline
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Published 11 June 2008 by The Boston Globe (original article)

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy senior fellow Armando Carbonell writes about the importance of land use and transportation decisions to a coherent energy and climate policy.

Published 11 June 2008 by The Boston Globe, http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/06/11/a_new_approach_for_the_age_of_4_gasoline/

[This is an EXCERPT: read the whole article here. Armando Carbonell is chairman of the Department of Planning and Urban Form at the well-respected Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Mr. Carbonelli calls for a new approach to infrastructure, a new energy economy, and more attention to land use in order to address energy, climate and economy. Post Carbon Cities couldn't agree more - see the links below for further reading on these topics. -Ed.]

By Armando Carbonell

Further related material:
» Armando Carbonell on NPR - talking about the future of the country's infrastructure.
» Articles/resources to do with land use on Post Carbon Cities
» book excerpt: Energy and land use / transportation planning (PDF)

"The summer of 2008 already has the feel of a real turning point - a time Americans will remember when gasoline first sold for over $4 a gallon. Political calls for a gas tax holiday have been greeted with universal scorn. The search for longer term, sustainable solutions is on.

"Recognizing the deeper, structural issues at work, a growing number of planners and policy analysts are seeking to prepare for the future with a fundamental overhaul of the nation's systems of transportation and of land and energy use.

"Those systems were built on the premise that fossil fuels would serve as a cheap, abundant, and environmentally benign source of energy into the indefinite future. Demand for oil is outpacing supply, escalating prices to $140 a barrel and more. At the same time, the emerging consensus on global climate change - both presidential candidates support a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - will inevitably reinforce the trend of higher energy costs until the transition from overreliance on fossil fuels is achieved."

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