Comments on: The Bicycle: An Environmental Hero

By: Tommy Sand

Tommy Sand — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:07:20 +0000

I don’t own a car. Instead I own two bikes. One for use in snowy/rainy conditions, and one for dry weather. The latter one being a very high quality mountainbike.
Riding one of those is amazing – it’s fun, energizing, eco-friendly, great for my health, and free. I ride it anywhere, also long trips (25+ miles), every day.

Public transportation and bikes could reduce harmful emissions by a lot.

Go bikes!

By: Nick Hein

Nick Hein — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:27:01 +0000

Good morning,
More importantly than whether bikes are the “greenest” form of transportation, they are sustainable – meaning that their fuel needs (food) can be met while maintaining liveable conditions for humans and all other living things. They do so without contaminating the air or water. If we used human power for all our short trips (<5 miles) we could afford less sustainable vehicles for some of our longer trips. I don’t think anyone really expects us to go completely over to bikes – although saying so is an often-used attack tactic. All we really need to do is use more forethought and grace to our vehicle decisions and how meet our needs to connect in ways that allow us to survive (sustainable) and thrive (which I don’t think anyone has given a name to yet).

Of course, there are ways to use bicycles and still destroy the planet but I don’t want to.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:22:09 +0000

Actually, walking would be the greenest form of transportation. Since it takes energy and materials to produce a bike.

But, clearly, of the practical forms of transportation that could have a decent wide spread implication, a bike is the most green form of transportation.

Now that I think about it, would walking even be considered a form of transportation. Okay, then I want to change my answer to a skate board…..