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Articles like this are the cyclist equivalent of pro vegan propoganda. It's all doom and gloom and tilted towards a very extremist view with no room for other v
by garyrichardson 9y ago
Articles like this are the cyclist equivalent of pro vegan propoganda. It's all doom and gloom and tilted towards a very extremist view with no room for other views or ways of life. Cycle only or you're killing the planet. Eat only plants or you're killing the planet.
How much coal is burned to make your bicycle frame? What about your tires? Were they shipped from somewhere else like China? It's not the same scale as building a car, but it's still not 0 impact.
These extreme cycling articles seem to be written mostly by single men who have nothing better to do than to commute to work. I'd hate to bicycle a weeks worth of groceries home for my 3 kids and wife.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoWorse yet by far - I'd have to double my grocery bill because I'm cycling like a maniac. And groceries have the largest carbon footprint of anything you can do. Its arguably more carbon efficient to drive to work, even a few blocks, than walk or cycle and eat more. Its foolish to argue. Just use less, recycle more, and we'll have to figure out macroscopic society-level solutions to energy to get out of this alive. Recycling aluminum cans will matter zero in the long run.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoA reminder of the existence of obseity, diabetes, and bicycle motors exposed the force of this argument.