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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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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

500 € is the cheaper side of decent new bikes... Inflation is a bitch. Still, you can't even buy only the tires of many cars for that price. It's dirt cheap to cycle.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    You can buy an €8k bakfiets or long tail that's a full car replacement and it's still cheaper than just the price of owning a car for a single year. Even top end bikes are dirt cheap compared to cars.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Yeah, for a brand new bicycle it doesn't sound too much nowadays, considering that an electric scooter will be more expensive.

    As I said I'm used to buying them second hand which even now is quite a bit cheaper - last one I bought was a couple of years ago in Berlin (were I was going to stay 3 months) and if I remember it correctly it was 200 euro.

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