Cool Cities!!

After the industrial revolution, pollution and CO2 emission is rising dramatically especially in modern communities. However, the main reasons of this are as a result of building commands and transportations, so all over the world, communities are trying to resolve this issue by building which called the “Cool Cities”. Hybrid cars, energy efficient buildings, and renewable energy are just a few of the many ways to make this real (About Cool Cities). In this essay I’m going to outline two main reasons why “Cool Cites” can’t be the resolution to stop off people’s contamination.

The first main reason is the massive population growth. In 2008 the world population number was around 6 billion 7 hundred thousand. However, it is expected to grow up to reach 9 billion by 2050 (World population). On the other hand, “Masdar” which is the sponsor of the first “Cool City” project in the Middle East desires the new cool city for only 47 thousand people (Cheung). Though, this is not a 1% of the UAE population, what about the remaining of the world.

The second main reason is the huge number of cost. The cost of “Masdar” is about $22 billion for only one city with around 50 thousand people (Cheung). This mean to cover the world population we need around 134 thousand cool cities which will cost an uncalculated number that the world can’t pay with the vast number of poor countries.

In conclusion, cool cities are a very smart idea to reduce carbon emission in the world. However, there are many challenges stop in the face of this project. “Masdar” is making superior plan to make people live in less-polluted cities as a result to reduce global warming. I believe that the huge number of cost could be spent in different useful programs to reduce toxic waste rather than spend them in “Cool Cities”.

Bibliography:
"About Cool Cities." Cool Cities - Solving Global Warming One City at a Time. 09 May 2009 http://www.coolcities.us/about.php

"World population -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 09 May 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

Cheung, Philip. "Masdar’s green dream is not for all." Home Page - The National Newspaper. 25 Apr. 2008. 09 May 2009 http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080424/BUSINESS/919451504