http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "What's the carbon footprint of ... cycling a mile?" en Sun, 31 May 2026 08:03:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8155 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:26:59 +0000 cb 8155@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Probably worth linking to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8726794.stm">this article on the BBC</a> containing more C02 emission stats from the same author. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8153 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:18:44 +0000 Min 8153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>1/2 women 2/3 men overweight or obese.</p> <p>What a stupid article. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8151 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:00:48 +0000 Dave 8151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What I think is silly is trying to claim that people eat an extra X calories to compensate for their ride in, and then using that as the basis of some sort of comparison.</p> <p>Whether I run in, cycle in, get the bus or drive, I have two Shredded Wheat for breakfast. The only valid comparison is between the construction &amp; ongoing costs of motoring vs cycling, whose conclusions are no secret.</p> <p>In fact, with something like 1:2 men and 1:3 women overweight, it is more accurate to imagine that those who cycle reduce their burden on state healthcare (itself a large carbon emitter) rather than having to eat more. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8139 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:35:51 +0000 LaidBack 8139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Learn French with Asterix was a favourite interactive CD for my beige G3 Mac. Very useful if you ever found yourself transported back in time to Roman occupied Gaul;-)</p> <p><em>'Two people cycling along using energy from cheeseburgers is equivalent to those same people sharing a ride in an efficient car.'</em></p> <p>But then these same people in the car may well use their 'efficient car' to get cheeseburgers later...</p> <p><em>It's a little-known fact that a car on a congested road can produce as much as three times the amount of CO2 as the same car travelling at a steady speed.</em></p> <p>It's a little-known fact that the CO2 emissions printed in most car ads are not achieved till the engine is warm and running in ideal conditions. Driving a mile to MacDonalds will not be that efficient in an efficient car (whatever that is). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8131 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:21:16 +0000 spytfyre 8131@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How many pencils did it take to make the carbon fibre?<br /> How many trees did it take to make the pencils?<br /> How much carbon could those trees have absorbed?<br /> Now reminding myself of Asterix and Cleopatra cover:<br /> <img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/vxg7dj.jpg"><br /> which used for those of you that don't already know:<br /> 14 litres of indian ink, 30 brushes, 62 pencils, 1 hard pencil, 27 erasers, 1984 sheets of paper, 16 typewriter ribbons, 2 typewriters (oooh retro), 366 pints of beer</p> <p>I think I like the beer bit best ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8130 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:17:39 +0000 steveo 8130@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lay it down and run it over with a bus we'll find out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8129 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:52:47 +0000 recombodna 8129@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What's the carbon footprint of carbon fibre? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8125 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:23:44 +0000 cb 8125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As one commentor puts it:<br /> "What's the carbon footprint of pointless articles based on totally flawed logic about carbon footprints?"</p> <p>Quite. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8119 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:45:59 +0000 spytfyre 8119@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does it factor in the (ever reducing) carbon footprint of production and shipping of the bike, tyres, tubes, clothes etc etc etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8111 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:17:37 +0000 Kirst 8111@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The comments make more sense than the article. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=908#post-8110 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:03:20 +0000 chdot 8110@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/08/carbon-footprint-cycling" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/08/carbon-footprint-cycling</a> </p>