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>Not sure what you mean by "Capping"; Regulatory limits on CO2 emissions - "cap and trade". >my choice to ride a bike to work rather than drive comes at an en
by hueving 11y ago
>Not sure what you mean by "Capping";
Regulatory limits on CO2 emissions - "cap and trade".
>my choice to ride a bike to work rather than drive comes at an energy savings not cost.
Most people in the US cannot ride their bike to work, and it's not because they are overweight. About half the people commute > 10 miles, which is not reasonable for a daily bike commute in <40F weather, and even when it's warmer that's a miserable amount of time to be forced to commute every day. This also ignores people that need to pickup/dropoff kids.
So people will not choose to give up driving because the alternatives suck. It would have to be forced. Otherwise they would be riding their bikes now.
- whitneyrzoller 11y agoI know most can't do it but this is essentially the argument for higher density communities, enabling walking/riding to go to work and run errands. It is the reason why NYC's carbon footprint is so small (and conversely why the suburbs surrounding NYC have such a large CO2 footprint).
- hueving 11y agoMost of the population can't afford to live in high density cities - at least not at the cost in the US to build high density. Compare the cost of a 2/3 bedroom apartment in NYC (to house the average family size) to the average income in the US.