Future of Cities

I am excited about the future of our cities. Many cities around the world are looking to be all electric by 2050. Can you imagine how different it will be? Apparently, it will be cost effective to move forward with the change as well. According to the Rocky Mountain Institute, who updated and expanded 2018 analysis,  all-electric homes have 81 percent lower carbon emissions over the mixed-fuel home with a net present cost savings as high as $6,800. 

There are a couple of issues with going electric, which can be combated in different ways. For example, if United States invested in solar power panels for every home, it is estimated that rooftop solar could produce almost 40 percent of our electricity. So, what about the 60 percent of electricity we still need to run everything? Majority of countries are looking to Nuclear, however, it looks like the United Kingdom has a creative solution for their electricity needs.

Millions of British homes could be powered by a giant solar power station 24,000 miles up in space within three decades. These would provide up to 15 percent of the country’s electricity supply by 2050, enough to power 4 million households – with the first space energy expected to be delivered by 2040.

Also, nearly every car on the road will have to be electric by 2050 to meet UN climate targets. More public transport investment and more bike usage rather than pushing electric vehicles will be needed in order to meet the 2050 target. Many cities are targeting no new gas car sales by 2030.  

THE LINE – NEOM

I can across a project called NEOM the other day. NEOM is a possible vision of what the future could be. It will cover a total area of 26,500 km (10,200 sq mi). It will extend 460 km along the coast of the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia aims to complete the first section of NEOM by 2025. Within NEOM a city called THE LINE is to be built. THE LINE will be a city of a million residents with a length of 170 km that preserves 95% of nature within NEOM, with zero cars, zero streets and zero carbon emissions.

You can click on an of the highlighted text go to the other websites to obtain more information about the projects mention above. It will be fun to keep an eye on everything and watch where everything goes.

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