Brent ToderianNov 21, 2022
“If we all rode bikes like the Dutch, annual global emissions would drop nearly 700 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia & Australia.” Via @euronews
#ClimateCrisis #climateEmergency #ClimateChange #bikes #cities #Dutch #bikelanes #transportation
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/08/19/on-your-bike-if-we-all-cycled-like-the-dutch-global-emissions-drop-nearly-700-million-tonn
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint 

If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset Canada’s entire carbon footprint.

euronews
Show threadAlistairNov 21, 2022
@BrentToderian great idea but have you ever been to Netherlands? It’s flat, like a billiard table, no hills, easy riding.
Show threadAuthorNicoNov 21, 2022

@alistairgbarron @BrentToderian I’ll say what i’ve said before: 90% of the cities I’ve been in are “flat as a pancake” or low sloping.

The city I live in is actually a weird tangle of under and over passes for cars, bikes, people. there’s some upslopes. we manage.

Show threadAlistairNov 21, 2022
@AuthorNico @BrentToderian not everyone lives in a city on the flat but travel throughout the land. Even in the Netherlands cycling isn’t limited to Amsterdam.
Show threadAuthorNico
@alistairgbarron @BrentToderian I know that. I live in a dutch city that has plenty of not hills, but bike/car/ped overpass and underpasses. flat? Not entirely.
But largely, every city I’ve been in around the world, aside from parts of seattle and a chunk of SF, are relatively, speaking quite flat. with the advent of ebike, it renders most moderate hills easy as flat-land riding.
People say “the netherlands is flat” as if we don’t have gravity, either.
Nov 21, 2022 at 8:54amWeb