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This is wrong and stupid

• JoeAltmaier 5y ago
  Look into it before posting insult, perhaps? Its reasonable, arguable, and probably right.
  • endemic 5y ago
    Your argument boils down to "people are bad for the environment." True, but not helpful.
    • JoeAltmaier 5y ago
      Boils down to "Riding a bike instead of driving a car is a net negative for the environment". Reframing or changing the subject doesn't affect that.
  • rspeele 5y ago
    I think it's a clever point, but it falls flat for me on closer inspection because: #1: The whole point of preserving the environment is to keep it inhabitable for humans. Fueling humans is non-negotiable up to at least a baseline level of survival, and still desirable beyond that level because we like being well fed. and #2: Due to that whole "we like being well fed" thing, most humans in the first world -- the part of the world where people worry about things like whether biking to work is good or bad for the environment -- are already overfueled. We have a surplus of human fuel that we're consuming anyway because it feels good. Might as well burn some of it off on transportation.