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It must be my poor English. I've never said that bikes are bad for environment.
by jerry40 9y ago
It must be my poor English. I've never said that bikes are bad for environment.
- nthcolumn 9y agoNo sorry - I didn't mean to imply you had. I read a study on hackernews the other day. Unfortunately I cannot remember teh link as always. Single occupancy vehicles see, much better to have everyone in one clean bus instead - bikes are bad apparently.
- ingenuous2 9y agoI don't know what the numbers are like, but bicycling regularly increasing calorie requirements, which would have an environmental impact. No idea how this compares to the scale of taking a bus or a solo car, but there is an increased cost. Growing food (often with fertilizers, harvest machinery, etc) in order to bring it to the market for you to consume and convert into motion doesn't seem like it's particularly energy efficient. I bike a lot, it's better for me physically and mentally, but I do wonder how the carbon impact is affected. (Of course, this ignores the fact that petroleum is a limited supply.)
- wbl 9y agoThe main input to agriculture energy consumption is Haber-Bosh process ammonia.