Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf
by jerry40 on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @10:24AM
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It must be my poor English. I've never said that bikes are bad for environment.
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Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf
by nthcolumn on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @11:37AM
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No 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.
Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf
by ingenuous2 on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @12:14PM
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I 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.)