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If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes (www.euronews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by savjee@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] rigo@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again this is semantics. But this isn't true. Look at the entire state of WV or any state that is mountainous. Unless magically millions of people get in much better shape there isn't an obvious solution. I'm all for better infrastructure and public transport.

[–] newde@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

As long as all the urban areas in the US are unfriendly to bikes, it is a completely valid point. Not semantics. We are talking about 80% of the population who could be biking, but aren't do to terrible policies.