The potential cause of global warming

The increase of population in the United States has led to a high usage of products that speed up the occurrence of global warming. Leon Kolankiewics, an environmental planner, thoroughly explains in a video provided by sprawl city, the impact of population growth on energy consumption, oil imports and green house gas emission. In this video he accentuates the fact that an average American uses 10 to 100 times more technology than an average person in other parts of the world. Over the past years, America has added 100 million citizens which have led to an increase in the usage of material things such as cars, computers and other energy consuming resources. Additionally Leon furthers his argument by stating how 40 percent of those immigrants who migrate to the United States, directly move to suburban areas; which are areas that disaggregate elements of daily life according to architect Andres Duany. As result to separating these elements of daily life such as stores, malls and schools, cars are needed for all purposes. According to Radiant city Suburban landscape, the usage of cars in suburban areas plays the role of a catalyst in the production of a society that’s short on energy. In other terms, because of the excessive usage of cars that consume energy, we are going to be short on energy in years to come. A potential solution proposed by Leon Kolankiewics is to create a balance between the number of immigrants that are flying in, and those that are leaving. Through this process the United States would be able to reach a level of stability in population, which would eventual lower energy consumption level.