"New study reveals untapped potential of cycling as a means to cut transport's greenhouse gas emissions."
http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/reduce-co2-cycle-more/012332
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"Reduce CO2: cycle more"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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"Cycle like the Danes to cut carbon emissions, says study"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/12/cycle-like-danes-cut-emissions
Posted 12 years ago # -
I like the wee fuel pictograms.
It'd be interesting to see the mean-miles-cycled-per-population subdivided into 'applied' miles (for primarily utilitarian tasks such as shopping and commuting) as well the the 'pure' for-the-sake-of-it leisure/fitness pootling. More of this sort of stuff which edges towards the 'it SAVES PRECIOUS LOVELY SHINY MONEY as well as just the planet', also mentioning the it-can-make-you-happy thing, to try and find something which sticks and isn't forgotten the next time someone gets into their warm car on a cold day. Perhaps some collated stats converting miles-not-driven-per-week to monthly or annual cumulative savings (even whilst, for the sake of the 'but I need the car for longer journeys/visiting granny/shopping in the rain/carrying bagsful of christmas garbage back from the out-of-town shopping centre, retaining the car (but just using it less for shortish journeys)), even when combined with the extra cost of cycling-food-fuel, also mentioning the potential for body lard reduction despite the increased food intake, even accounting for the need to buy smaller but more flattering clothes after awhile.Posted 12 years ago # -
"while in the UK it [mileage per person per year] is a mere 46 miles".
Oh goody - I'm not much of a commuter, but I count for at least 30 non-cyclists (minimum 1,260 miles per year).
How many non-cyclists do you "carry"?
Robert
Posted 12 years ago # -
Most of my cycling mileage is for fun!. The commuting part (direct journey only) is in the order of 40 but in total it would be about 130.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Actually, even my kids manage at least 7 non-cyclists each (minimum 300 miles per year), and that's low as the school is only half a mile from home...
Robert
Posted 12 years ago # -
My bare minimum recorded weekly total (shortest route to and from each day and with only one extra to-and-from shirt-dropping-off voyage) would exceed the stated UK annual mean. I'll keep by one week each for the boy and wife but that covers at least fifty others.
Posted 12 years ago # -
My total this year has dropped of a cliff to only around 2k miles. Didn't seem to have time to do many longer runs and even my commute usually ended up coming straight home. Last year I did a longer return most days and my outward was much longer till we moved office.
So only carrying about 45 non cyclists.
/must try harder
Posted 12 years ago # -
Approc 2,300 miles this year so far, but I can knock off about 900miles of that for my two "big" multi day trips, so 1,400 divided by 46, 30 cyclists are missing out on riding because of me. Obviously I am not as greedy as the posters before me ;-p
Although actually I'm feeling like a bit of a mileage weakling in such company :-(
Posted 12 years ago # -
Computer 1 has 8,170 miles on it. I think c. 75% of those are 2011 miles, so let's say 6,100 miles. Computer 2 has c. 870 miles on it (from memory, I was checking last week and haven't unsed that bike since). So let's say 7,000 miles for the year. (It will be more as the singlspeed has no computer and I occasionally forget to put it on if I take it off when I leave bike locked up)
So that's 153 times the UK average. Based on their carbon calculations, also 1/12th of what I would have consumed in a car (that I cannot believe, that seems to my mind to grossly overestimate the "consumption" for the bike).
If I just went to/from work by most direct route, it would be c. 2,600 miles a year - or 56 UK citizens.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I know have 0.57 people to carry to reach my target for the year.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I only started in August but if I can fit in a wee 19 mile run between 23 and 27 December I'll have managed to clock up 1,000 miles so if I call that 2,000 miles for a full year equivalent that would make me about 40 people.
Wingpig's point is a very good one - cycling saves a fortune (unless you're the type of person <cough> who just sees it as another excuse to buy trinkets and toys). My travel costs have gone from £150 a month on buses and trains to £40 a month driving to the airport and cycling. Over a grand a year. Why that's enough for a new bike!
Posted 12 years ago # -
If Google Earth is to believed, I do 9.6 miles a day Mon-Fri purely commuting.
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