"I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get plied upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe."
"I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts; but the useful ones can thrive elsewhere; and less perfection in the others, with more health, virtue and freedom, would be my choice."
Thomas Jefferson
I’m not a big Jefferson fan, but he sure knew what he was talking about here.
“An elevated highway in Guangzhou, China, is transformed into a pedestrian promenade, and rooftops are linked by raised walkways and bikeways.”
Everyone who paid extra for a penthouse will regret it when the joggers come along at 5am. One wonders how many people will be pushed off the walkways by gang members and playful children “wilding.”
“In Jakarta, Indonesia, traditional bike taxis called becaks are re-engineered to be lighter and easier to steer”
Oh yes, the NYC cab drivers will LOVE to pedal two people around on a bike for 10 hours a day compared to driving a car. Don’t worry about the fact that it’s hard to steer a bike with two or three people on it in the snow (probably not much of a problem in Jakarta).
“”We're essentially trying to send the message that if cities don't move in this direction we're going to be faced with cataclysmic climate change, because in the developing world the use of private automobiles is escalating at double-digit rates,” Hook said.”
“Climate change” Boo Hoo!
The Global Warmongers are fooling fewer and fewer people on the Climate Change/Globull Warming/GIWP issue since Climategate and the fact that 4500 out of 6000 temp gathering stations were closed because their data didn’t show warming.
The hockeystick has been shown to be false, the fact that is has been warmer many, many times during the Earth’s history (including about 1000 years ago and the 1930’s)
“what we've done is we've sort of reimagined it as a kind of new town”
We can sort of imagine all kinds of things in Ted Kaczynski’s old shack in Montana. We can imagine a NYC like the Emerald City with munchkins riding on flying dinosaurs, but you have to be a little more realistic. Hook loses all credibility when he admits (and is proud of) that he STILL wears the tinfoil hat of climate change belief.
***Big beehives full of complacent drones! ***
Reminds me of the last scenes in the movie MISSION TO MOSCOW in which people are streaming into a shining city on the hill, similar to Dorthy going to OZ without the dancing.
How are they planning about moving all of the supplies one needs to keep a megalopolis like Manhattan going?
Unicorn Coaches pulling trailers stuffed with stuff?
Or are they thinking of using effete bike messengers carrying infinite bags of holding?