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In The Netherlands, DHL uses bikes : http://www.dhl.com/en/press/releases/releases_2014/express/dhl_express_tests_the_use_of_bicycle_couriers_in_major_german_ci
by the-dude 9y ago
In The Netherlands, DHL uses bikes : http://www.dhl.com/en/press/releases/releases_2014/express/dhl_express_tests_the_use_of_bicycle_couriers_in_major_german_cities.html http://www.dhl.com/en/press/releases/releases_2014/express/d...
I absolutely hate DHL as a recipient in NL, but this is pretty cool. They have other green vehicles too ( gas, electric ).
- tequila_shot 9y agohow is gas green?
- Spooky23 9y agoLow emissions. The alternative IC engine is typically diesel and spews lots of carcinogenic particles and compounds.
- the-dude 9y agoYou may have a point. It burns cleaner ( liquified natural gas ).
- epicureanideal 9y agoMaybe they meant natural gas (actual gas) rather than the liquid fuel we call "gas" as short for "gasoline".
- fastbeef 9y agoBiogas can be generated by fermenting sewage. All buses in Stockholm run on it, it burns extremely clean and is carbon-neutral since it utilizes carbon already in the present carbon cycle.
- devy 9y agoAll yeast strains produce some amount of hydrogen sulfide during fermentation as a by-product of sulfate processing. [1] You can barely call that biogas "burns extremely clean" with hydrogen sulfide in them, can you? [1]: https://beerandbrewing.com/off-flavor-of-the-week-sulfur/ https://beerandbrewing.com/off-flavor-of-the-week-sulfur/
- fastbeef 9y agoSorry, bad choice words. The work is not done by a yeast so perhaps it’s not technically fermenting. The work is done by a type of bacteria called archea. As far as I know the only byproduct Upon burning biogas is CO2 and water vapor.
- zappo2938 9y agoI rode my push bike from Portland to Cheyenne, WY. I figure I burnt 10,000 calories a day.The environmental cost of logistics of growing and shipping that many human consumable calories probably drastically out weighs that of burning gas in a car to travel that distance. Maybe someone can do the math.
- omgwtfbyobbq 9y agoIt depends on what those calories are. If you're eating inexpensive veggies/fruits/starches/grains, you're probably around 200-300mpg equivalent on a bike. If you're eating steaks, then you're probably pretty close to a car. https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2011/11/mpg-of-a-human/ https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2011/11/mpg-of-a-human/
- Armisael16 9y agoYou're doing a lot worse than that if you're hauling mail around. The numbers also get a lot worse once you consider the energy cost of shipping your food to you (as both your article and the person you were responding to noted).
- sschueller 9y agoThe Swiss Postal service has a similar fleet of vehicles ranging from hybrid, gas and electric. https://www.post.ch/-/media/post/ueber-uns/medienmitteilungen/2011/bilder/solarstrom-und-elektrofahrzeuge/fahrzeugflotte-3000-1725.jpg?la=de&vs=1 https://www.post.ch/-/media/post/ueber-uns/medienmitteilunge... https://www.post.ch/de/ueber-uns/unternehmen/medien/medienmitteilungen/2011/post-setzt-auf-solarstrom-und-elektrofahrzeuge https://www.post.ch/de/ueber-uns/unternehmen/medien/medienmi...
- jsumrall 9y agoWhat do you think about the Picnic delivery trucks? Background: I work at Picnic, an online supermarket in the Netherlands, and we have a large fleet of small electric trucks for delivering in cities and neighborhoods. https://i.imgur.com/Howtq17.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Howtq17.jpg