Providing decent living with minimum energy: A global scenario

[Progressive dog]

7. I disagree and certainly would not choose to

set environmental policies based on a few anecdotes from one particular section of one nation.
Most of the world's population has a standard of living far below that of the USA and other developed nations. That standard of living depends upon energy use to improve efficiency and replace labor.
I live six or seven miles from the nearest grocery store and even when I was younger, I would not have thought of walking that far and carrying home groceries. It's about three miles to the nearest public transportation, which is a commuter rail station that provides a connection with NYC. My children were bused to school, as they must be when there are no sidewalks and distances can be ten or more miles to school. That's my anecdote. I do not wish to live downtown.
Poughkeepsie, the largest city in my county, has zero grocery stores. They all moved to the surrounding towns years ago.