The Crunch: Hollywood dramas, Trumpâs arch, and all-pervasive petrochemicals
Data crunched on the genre shrinking from cinema screens. Plus: how free public transport can exacerbate inequality Want to get this in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch here. Hello and welcome to another edition of The Crunch! In this weekâs newsletter we have charts on why Hollywood is increasingly abandoning dramas, the all-pervasive presence of oil in everyday life, a great visualisation of how big Donald Trumpâs new arch might be, and where in the world is heating up the most from climate change. With no end in sight to the US-Israel war on Iran, governments have responded with policies to ease the cost of living, such as making public transport free. But these policies can serve to exacerbate existing inequalities in our built environment. The inner, more affluent parts of our cities tend to have the best access to public transport: Click through to see the Vampire index that shows the parts of Australian cities that are most exposed to increases in interest rates, the cost of fuel and other goods, and where there may be little option but to keep driving. Elsewhere, polls have closed for local council elections in England, Scotland and Wales and weâre t
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