Our swelling cities consume enormous amounts of energy and generate over 80% of global carbon emissions. We need to make them more self-sufficient, but how?
Imagine a city of the future. Do you see clean streets, flying cars and robots doing all the work? No-one really knows what the future holds, but the reality now is that our urban spaces are overcrowded and polluted.
As I’ve said before, Earth is experiencing a uniquely urban event. The migration of people to cities is by far the biggest humans have witnessed, and it is having far-reaching impacts on the planet's geology, biology and chemistry. In a time of dwindling resources and rising greenhouse gases, how will the Anthropocene's urban revolution be powered?
Hubs of living, industry and transport, cities consume a large proportion of global energy resources and generate more than 80% of global carbon emissions. However, cities also represent the tightest concentration of energy users, making them ideal targets for efficiency improvements.
See full Article: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130418-how-to-power-the-urban-revolution
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