Comments on: Save money, cut CO2 and lose weight cycling to work http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/10/01/save-money-cut-co2-and-lose-weight-cycling-to-work/ Global environmental challenges Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:14:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Steff http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/10/01/save-money-cut-co2-and-lose-weight-cycling-to-work/#comment-336489 Steff Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:25:12 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/10/01/save-money-cut-co2-and-lose-weight-cycling-to-work/#comment-336489 I agree 100% with you. This is definitely the ultimate ideal for people to go to work. The big question is: how can we convince people to start using their bikes when gas prices are low? It seems like not that many people care unless it's hurting their pocket... I also found this bamboo bike that can make "your ride" even more eco-friendly! http://www.calfeedesign.com/bamboo.htm I agree 100% with you. This is definitely the ultimate ideal for people to go to work. The big question is: how can we convince people to start using their bikes when gas prices are low? It seems like not that many people care unless it’s hurting their pocket…
I also found this bamboo bike that can make “your ride” even more eco-friendly! http://www.calfeedesign.com/bamboo.htm

]]> By: Ana http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/10/01/save-money-cut-co2-and-lose-weight-cycling-to-work/#comment-336488 Ana Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:58:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/10/01/save-money-cut-co2-and-lose-weight-cycling-to-work/#comment-336488 San Francisco's kind of like that...you can bike to work pretty easily and enjoy all the benefits you mention above. I think it just doesn't occur to a lot of people to NOT drive, it's too ubiquitous in our society... Unfortunately, after moving to a different county than the one I work in I was unable to enjoy the benefits of the biking. So I've been trying to exercise fuel efficient driving techniques instead (I downloaded a bunch from sites like carfunfootprint.com and eartheasy, etc). You know that speeding is a good way to reduce your fuel efficiency (as well as a good way to get traffic tickets)? If you can't do it for the cops, drive 55 for the environment (well, in the US, not sure what the kph would be). San Francisco’s kind of like that…you can bike to work pretty easily and enjoy all the benefits you mention above. I think it just doesn’t occur to a lot of people to NOT drive, it’s too ubiquitous in our society…

Unfortunately, after moving to a different county than the one I work in I was unable to enjoy the benefits of the biking. So I’ve been trying to exercise fuel efficient driving techniques instead (I downloaded a bunch from sites like carfunfootprint.com and eartheasy, etc). You know that speeding is a good way to reduce your fuel efficiency (as well as a good way to get traffic tickets)? If you can’t do it for the cops, drive 55 for the environment (well, in the US, not sure what the kph would be).

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