[PRCo] Re: [PRCo]End of a Street car line?

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Schneider Fred wrote:

> Fred would like to be able to come back in 25 years and see what our
> cities will look like.   Intuitively he feels that we will have
> reversed the trend to suburban living because we will not be able to
> afford (1) to heat large homes,

Geothermal (ground source heat pump) with a government-assisted mortgage.

> (2) to cool large homes,

Same.

> (3) to mow 3/4s of a acre of grass

Low water height topping out grass exists.


> (4) to drive all over the landscape to shop or to work or to go to school.

This is harder. We'll see what happens with electric or plug in hybrid 
vehicles but it only helps if you can get the electricity in a sustainable 
(read: not going to just escalate in price as the resources become scarce) 
manner.

Where's the Pittsburgh content?

I suppose I live less than 25 feet from my neighbors. All of them.