It is widely assumed that the ongoing migration of rural peoples to mega-cities all over the world will help reduce humanity\u2019s per-capita energy footprint, while giving people a higher standard of living and accelerating energy transition. But the world is full of old, inefficient cities in desperate need of an eco-makeover, and of experts who understand the principles of \u201csmart urbanization\u201d and who can help identify how to transform a city from brown and dumb to smart and green. What\u2019s the potential for replacing concrete with living things in cities? How can autonomous and electric vehicles help make cities cleaner and more livable? Why isn\u2019t China promoting its phenomenal success with e-bikes to the rest of the world? Is China\u2019s commodity demand going to continue to weaken as it moves away from a manufacturing economy? And will the emissions it was generating just move elsewhere when it does? All these questions and more are answered in this wide-ranging conversation with an expert on smart urbanization and China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is widely assumed that the ongoing migration of rural peoples to mega-cities all over the world will help reduce humanity\u2019s per-capita energy footprint, while giving people a higher standard of living and accelerating energy transition. But the world is full of old, inefficient cities in desperate need of an eco-makeover, and of experts who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,1145],"tags":[17,116,117,118,119,29,18,28,120,121,122,123,124],"class_list":["post-413","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","category-free-complete-shows","tag-china","tag-cities","tag-commodities","tag-e-bikes","tag-eco-cities","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-energy-transition","tag-evs","tag-green-cities","tag-smart-cities","tag-smart-urbanization","tag-transportation","tag-urban-development","xen_guests-cc-huang"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n