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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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[–] 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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