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Climate Change in the Mobility Sector - Coggle Diagram
Climate Change in the Mobility Sector
Problems
The use of fossil fuels in transportation
Internal Combustion Engines & exhaust
Resource extraction (more of an energy problem)
Water contamination
Electric mobility powered by dirty energy does nothing for the climate
Construction of new infrastructure
Emission of CO2 and the use of concrete
Very slow planning and building, making change very slow
Further destruction of land and resources
Inefficient land use
Car Parking Lots and their chronic emptiness/overabundance
Ruining/tearing apart ecosystems
Individual Transport facilitating urban sprawl & further degradation of environment
Urban heat island effects
Last Mile Connectivity
Poor usage mapping
infrastructure layout
Difficulties in accessing funding
Symptoms
System Safety and Function
Flooding
More than 60,000 miles of U.S. roads and bridges in coastal areas are at risk of flooding and damage from climate-change-related sea level rise
Extreme heat
heat affects runways, and hotter air can make it more difficult for airplanes to take fligh
Heat can also damage rail tracks and cause cracks in roads.
Warmer temperatures can also cause permafrost to thaw. Permafrost currently supports roads, airport runways, pipelines, and railroads in Alaska
System Costs and the Economy
use DICE model from climate finance for costs of warming and the reduction in economic activity
One positive impact is that warmer weather could lengthen the shipping season for some northern ports
can interrupt the supply chain at local, regional, and national levels
Reduced Access to Social Services and Necessities
A single damaged road or bridge can cut off people’s access to services and necessities, such as food or medicine
Also increases social inequality as those without means to multiple forms of transport can evade/switch to different means