The community of the future

It is a monumental task to try to envision our world in 2040 as our current way of life will be left behind. There will no longer be any internal combustion driven automobiles, home heating using fossil fuels, and anything involving oil products will become more expensive. That would include asphalt, plastics, synthetic fibres, etc.

Consumers Gas is getting ahead of the curve by offering to install the geothermal plumbing to provide heating and cooling for homes. Homeowners would lease the facilities, and convert existing gas furnaces and air conditioners to heat pumps.

To conserve our road infrastructure, steps would need to be taken to reduce wear by reducing heavy truck traffic, and governments will have to find alternative sources of income to replace taxes now incorporated into our fuel costs.

As you can see, we are in for some interesting times, but there are solutions that, on the surface may seem out of this world, are available today as the technology exists. It will just take a radically bold approach to community development to achieve.

I enclose this Youtube video link to a project now underway in Texas that should be taken seriously. https://youtu.be/8eiRc4QceEI