On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Charlie Bell wrote:
>>
>>>> Question: How much does a good bike (good for riding around London)
>>>> cost?
>>>> (Wondering how good a selling point this is; if it pays for itself
>>>> in 2 years, that's a good deal, IMO.)
>>>>
>>> I don't think this is the correct reasoning.
>>
>> It's part of the reasoning, and it's the part most people get.
>>
> But if we want to ban cars and adopt bikes to "save the planet",
> then we must calculate the extra consumption due to human labour.
>
> How much biofuel does a human being consume, when we compare
> to a car?
How much biofuel does a human being consume anyway, and what is the
increase when we throw bicycling into the mix? That's a better
comparison, after all, the human being IN the car will be consuming
biofuel anyway.
Julia
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