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Your dad has a point about butter, but would the transport equivalent of not having to churn your own butter not be to have others chauffeur you around, rather
by arghwhat 4y ago
Your dad has a point about butter, but would the transport equivalent of not having to churn your own butter not be to have others chauffeur you around, rather than driving yourself? Or, if we think of it as highlighting mass manufacture efficiency, taking public transport?
In Denmark at least, most people bike to work, so the latter part is at least objectively false.
- areyousure 4y ago> In Denmark at least, most people bike to work, so the latter part is at least objectively false. In case anyone is curious, the following PDF provides some statistics on this issue: https://trimis.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/project/documents/Facts%20and%20Figures%20netversion.pdf https://trimis.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/project/docu... Tldr: 20% of commuting trips are by bicycle, 13% by public transport, and 60% by private car/van. Of all travel miles, 5% are by bicycle, 10% by public transport, and 77% are by car/van.