THE BRIEF
APOLOGIES - this "Brief" is not so brief after all ..!
This landing page was originally intended to have no more than about 6 sub-tabs giving a brief outline of the idea. However, the more I think about the possibilities of Oasis-Cities, the more I want to add new content and, since much of it cannot easily be categorised, or has already been said in other ways – it is just so much easier to slot it in here.
CAR-FREE, COMMUTE-FREE, CARE-FREE & CRIME-FREE..!
NOTHING IS MORE POWERFUL THAN AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME – Victor Hugo
Could Oasis-Cities be that NEW MODEL..?
OASIS-CITIES – A PARADIGM-SHIFT THAT WILL RENDER 2-D SPRAWL CITIES AS OBSOLETE AS THE TYPEWRITER..!
Those who have been dutifully following the eco-hype will have got the message that all will be well with the environment if only we adopted these “eco-solutions” –
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- ELECTRIC CARS
- BETTER HOME INSULATION
- HEAT PUMPS
- BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT
- USE YOUR CAR LESS (does this mean “less than the present 4% daily usage average..?”)
- “15-MINUTE CITIES” (the small print reveals this idea to be based on a “15-minute bike ride”, so more like 45-minutes or even an hour for walkers)
- MORE CYCLE LANES
- LOW EMISSION ZONES (and numerous other motor traffic restrictions)
- DIAL DOWN YOUR HOME HEATING THERMOSTAT
- PLANT MORE CITY TREES
- GIANT WIND AND SOLAR FARMS DOMINATING THE LANDSCAPE
- PV PANELS ON EVERY ROOF
- SMART METERS
NOT ONE of the above “solutions” would even be necessary were we to widely adopt Oasis-Cities which, without any effort, would reduce our domestic energy consumption by 60-80%, and resource consumption possibly by a similar amount.
NOT ONE of the above “solutions” would even be necessary were we to widely adopt Oasis-Cities which, without any effort, would reduce our domestic energy consumption by 60-80%, and resource consumption possibly by a similar amount.
The greenest form of energy is the energy we wouldn’t use in Oasis-Cities.
ITS NOT JUST THE PLANET WHICH NEEDS SAVING... The idea of OASIS CITIES came about due to my lifelong aversion to the hideous sprawl housing development that – for the past 100 years or more – has been chewing-up and obliterating our countryside, bloating and ruining our historic towns and villages and eradicating our woodlands and wildlife. Of all the many problems in search of solutions which the media is constantly bombarding us with, “global warming” (now re-branded as “climate change”) is arguably the most intractable. But, if our earnest enviro-experts are united on any one thing it is that electric vehicles (EV’s) are an indispensable part of any solution to our eco-woes. Sorry, but EV’s are just as harmful as ICE vehicles and – MORE IMPORTANTLY – they are a huge distraction from the real enviro-culprit – the elephant in the room which everyone seems totally oblivious to – the unwieldly inefficient size and structureless SHAPE OF OUR CITIES which makes public transport hopelessly inefficient, thus making cars almost indispensable for getting to work, shops, schools, leisure pursuits, etc..! We cannot begin to solve the enviro-crisis unless we dispense with this reliance – and that means building CITIES THAT DO NOT NEED CARS..! But, as I gradually fine-tuned the idea, it occurred to me that ecological threats – serious as they are – are just the tip of an enormous iceberg that threatens to sink western civilisation itself..! OASIS CITIES could be the solution not just to pollution and waste, but a whole host of seemingly intractable issues which are steadily piling up. Armed with this GAME-CHANGING CITY concept, I always feel the urge to jump into TV eco-discussions like Superman announcing portentously “Listen good citizens – if you were to build Oasis Cities all these problems you keep agonising-over would simply evaporate..!” I feel confident in saying that almost every ecological, financial, and societal problem that can be named can be solved – or at least greatly ameliorated – by OASIS-CITIES. I believe the OA-city concept is the key to unlock a series of secret doors which open onto an infinite range of possibilities and innovations in ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, ENERGY, HEALTHCARE, POLITICS, PUBLIC SAFETY & SECURITY, SOCIETY, SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORT, and you name it..! And, for the cherry on the cake, the discomfort and problems caused by BAD WEATHER..!!! For a comprehensive listing of ALL the potential benefits of OASIS CITIES click on PRO’s ‘n CON’s
ITS NOT JUST THE PLANET WHICH NEEDS SAVING...
The idea of OASIS CITIES came about due to my lifelong aversion to the hideous sprawl housing development that – for the past 100 years or more – has been chewing-up and obliterating our countryside, bloating and ruining our historic towns and villages and eradicating our woodlands and wildlife. Of all the many problems in search of solutions which the media is constantly bombarding us with, “global warming” (now re-branded as “climate change”) is arguably the most intractable. But, if our earnest enviro-experts are united on any one thing it is that electric vehicles (EV’s) are an indispensable part of any solution to our eco-woes. Sorry, but EV’s are just as harmful as ICE vehicles and – MORE IMPORTANTLY – they are a huge distraction from the real enviro-culprit – the elephant in the room which everyone seems totally oblivious to – the unwieldly inefficient size and structureless SHAPE OF OUR CITIES which makes public transport hopelessly inefficient, thus making cars almost indispensable for getting to work, shops, schools, leisure pursuits, etc..! We cannot begin to solve the enviro-crisis unless we dispense with this reliance – and that means building CITIES THAT DO NOT NEED CARS..! But, as I gradually fine-tuned the idea, it occurred to me that ecological threats – serious as they are – are just the tip of an enormous iceberg that threatens to sink western civilisation itself..! OASIS CITIES could be the solution not just to pollution and waste, but a whole host of seemingly intractable issues which are steadily piling up. Armed with this GAME-CHANGING CITY concept, I always feel the urge to jump into TV eco-discussions like Superman announcing portentously “Listen good citizens – if you were to build Oasis Cities all these problems you keep agonising-over would simply evaporate..!” I feel confident in saying that almost every ecological, financial, and societal problem that can be named can be solved – or at least greatly ameliorated – by OASIS-CITIES. I believe the OA-city concept is the key to unlock a series of secret doors which open onto an infinite range of possibilities and innovations in ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, ENERGY, HEALTHCARE, POLITICS, PUBLIC SAFETY & SECURITY, SOCIETY, SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORT, and you name it..! And, for the cherry on the cake, the discomfort and problems caused by BAD WEATHER..!!! For a comprehensive listing of ALL the potential benefits of OASIS CITIES click on PRO’s ‘n CON’s
Oasis-Cities are the ONLY practical way to solve – or at least greatly ameliorate – the whole litany of un-resolved – and otherwise un-resolvable – environmental, social, political, and economic issues that have been piling up for decades. If we, by which I mean “western civilisation”, are ever to achieve a SIGNIFICANT and MEANINGFUL REDUCTION in our prolific carbon-footprint – and our horrendous land usage/degradation/wastage – then Oasis-Cities is both the simplest and the most ESTHETICALLY ELEGANT way to achieve these goals.
ITS THE NO-BRAINER OF ALL NO-BRAINERS – a “one-stop-shop” solution..!
Once a few prototype Oasis-Cities are established – and been visited by millions of curious (fee paying..!) sightseers, most of whom will quickly see the advantages and realise what an amazing lifestyle improvement they represent – it will kick-off the BIGGEST BUILDING BOOM in history..! Even so, due to the great demand, it may take some decades before perhaps 50% of the population (of advanced countries) make the smart switch from OB-Cities (Obese Cities, geddit?) to OA-Cities.
CAN IT REALLY HAPPEN THAT QUICKLY..?
Some will argue that a “few decades” is too brief a period for such a civilisation-changer to take hold. But they should recall that the “Coming of the Railways” launched an equally rapid infrastructural and societal change when, for the first time in history, ordinary people were able to travel beyond their immediate horizon. Within just 30 years of the first passenger train in 1830, 90% of the UK population were regularly taking train journeys. If such a change could happen so rapidly 200 years ago, the enormous infrastructural and societal paradigm-shift represented by Oasis-Cities could well take hold even more quickly. All it will take is a SINGLE PROTOTYPE. “BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME..!”
Among countless other exciting possibilities, OASIS-CITIES could be the catalyst for the resurgence of CITY-STATES that would be free of the corruption and inefficiency of big centralised governments, and the dead hand of the leftist feminist “nanny-statist” DECADENCE the West has become mired in.
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