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Sarasota's Carbon Footprint
Fri, 2008-05-30 21:54 — joemoraca
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...
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Sarasota/Manatee
After living here for the past 3 years I have come to the conclusion that Sarasota and Manatee county are doomed to be the little counties that could have been. Any trip to downtown Sarasota on a weekend morning solidifies this fact—nothing is open, what is open has the snobiness of NY but not the goods to back it up and people really are not that friendly. Manatee is a whole other ballpark—meetings about proposed changes and improvements lead to more meetings and no change. Bradenton's Main street is full of vacant buildings owned by the same folks for 50 years holding out and holding hostage a potentially cute little downtown. Drive over the green bridge from Bradenton to Palmetto and you will be inundated by poor signage, a vacant downtown and amenties that don't support the community. Really an embarrassment. A simple study of neighborhoods and cites that have been revitalized would reveal. Cater to the creative, those with disposable income who are younger 30-45 and help them build the community. This in turn will bring those a bit older who still want to feel young at heart. In the past 3 years of living in Palmetto (and working in Sarasota) Palmetto has put in a basketball court and opened an all you can eat buffet (on key real estate). Did I say embarrassing earlier? Embarrassing
This is horrible! Our
This is horrible! Our Sarasota carbon footprint has grown exponentially in recent years.
It's a good thing there are more and more reasonable Sarasota residents than ever before who are willing to make this a greener, world-class community.
There is still time to make the changes in our collective lifestye and preserve some of the country's remaining undeveloped land .
Water conservation must be addressed with reality-based decisions and perhaps most of our transportation needs can be provided by an ultra modern, efficient public transportation system.
Or, we could just write off Sarasotie's future and spend some millions to replace the Robart's Arena before someone from out of town sees it.