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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint (www.euronews.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6 kilometres each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, the study suggests, annual global carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.

This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

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[–] 16 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I'm all for more biking. I will remind everyone that the Netherlands is almost completely, absolutely, flat. probably the most conducive place for biking in the entire world

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

    I think this is the biggest thing. Everyone's complaining about weather like you cant just dress for it.

    The biggest thing is that the biggest hills you'll get in the netherlands are when youre going over a bridge over the canals. Otherwise the whole place is below sea level.

    Still though, we can definitely make it easier and better for bikes around the world.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    But you forget: the wind is against you both ways!

    Only partly a joke. I have a job in N Holland once, way up, and my commute was directly North-South. The prevailing winds come from the West, BUT usually the started off SW, against me, then over the course of the day changed to NW, again against me!

    Hate that job anyway.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    Mate I've lived and bikes in the netherlands and there was one night where I was pushing as hard as I could and barely going forward Finally got to where I was going, went back the other way, and somehow the same fucking thing plus sheets of rain. I was so annoyed

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