OK we are "fat and happy" "livin' large" ... for now ... read how we compare to other areas in Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America yes what you heard is true we don't rank very good .... certainly part of our deal is being a newer more surburban area --- cars and roads -- drive to get the house you want. We are 82nd out of the top 100 -- higher numbers being worse...
Trends. Metropolitan Sarasota’s per capita footprint from transportation and residential energy use increased 29.56 percent between 2000 and 2005. The average per capita footprint of the 100 largest metro areas and of the nation increased 1.1 percent and 2.2 percent during this time, respectively.
The transportation portion of Sarasota’s per capita footprint increased 58.6 percent between 2000 and 2005, compared to an increase of 2.4 percent in the 100 largest metro areas. The residential portion of Sarasota’s per capita footprint decreased 3.4 percent between 2000 and 2005, compared to a slight decrease of 0.7 percent in the 100 largest metro areas.
Lets see how bad will it hurt when the price of driving continues to increase like crazy...
There was a crowd watching the demolition of these building. The dust was thick. It is a 2 block area being cleared for the expansion of the Phila Convention Center..
