Urbanization will orphan this earth.

I'm surprised at the environmentalists' suggestions to mitigate the sufferings of Climate Change. The most crucial factor in the entire discussion on this is urbanization. This phenomenon  is the chief culprit in the climate talks. No doubt.

Let the facts speak:

Electricity consumed in Chennai metro area- 2000 megawatt a day 
The consumption in  the remaining part of the state which has 16000  village panchayats and hundreds of municipal areas and six more corporations which consume only 8000 mw.

Factors	Rural	Urban
Vehicles	Mostly animal driven and less vehicles and people walk /cycle the distances  even up to 10-15 kms a day Not all the days in a week they go to the farms Surface transport with minimum road  space	Use motorized vehicles even for short distances But for the holidays their trips to the offices are regular Travel a lot as the cities are grown into a small nation ( At least 2 hours a day) 100 or 200 feet roads , rail lines, subways, tunnels, tube trains and flying trains … all spending much energy
Body fitness	Natural as they do physical work	Spend money and power in fitness clubs which are air conditioned and machines run on electricity
Washing of clothes/hair	Mostly manual and hence no power is used Walks and woks without the help of any requirement of power	Mostly power driven and spending more chemicals From dyeing of  hair to cremation of the dead bodies energy is required He uses energy to shave his facial hair, trim it, dye it and dry it. He treads on tread mills which use energy
Cooking	Manual and still fire wood is used Fresh vegetables are cooked and no one preserves them for more than a day	Electricity is required  to bake or cook or wash or refrigerate
Day time use of electricity	Almost nil . They keep their windows and doors open	Windows are closed permanently and doors are opened to be closed on entry/exit
Ceiling fans, AC Machines	Hand held fans natural and if found sultry they sleep or relax under trees with shade	Fans and A/C’s must
Housing	Mostly environment friendly huts	Steel and cement with concrete structures  of ever growing sizes and heights
Water	Lake or pond water which is replenished every year Drawn from wells, taps, lakes or ponds	Used water wasted in drains Pumped  up supply only
Air	Unpolluted	Polluted beyond recognition
Kids and adults	Walk to the school/ farm (Mostly)	Parents or school transport which require again power
Entertainment	Normally requires no power. They play in open grounds	All e-playing , TV watching or net surfing  requiring  power.
Sanitation	Minimum investment and mostly they use the waste water for plants	Massive infrastructure required with garbage accumulation , disposal and segregation. Huge network of drainage is required and hundreds die in India as the cleaners attempt to remove any blocks