Things I hate about the Brookings Report that Lexington Ranks the worst in the top 100 Metros.
Submitted by k3vin on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 11:07
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- Lexington Metro is not in the top 100 metro areas, but 109
- arguably, the expanded Combined Statistical area is 98th
- The nationwide trend is for larger metro areas to have smaller per capita footprints
- Lexington is unambiguously smaller than the rest on the list.
- It should not be a surprise that the smallest is the worst.
- Lexington's Carbon Footprint is decreasing, while the nationwide trend is for an increase.
- Cities cited as "better" have an rate of increase up to three times the national trend.
- Why was Lexington included on this list?
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2008/05/26/daily22.html
article I am responding to.
Louisville, Lexington carbon footprints among nation's worst
"The carbon footprints of metropolitan Louisville and Lexington are among the worst in the United States according to a study released Thursday by the Brookings Institution."
I do not dispute the results, but the methodology. and I wonder if there was not an invidious intent in upping us into the top 100 when we are actually 109