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Oxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities (theconversation.com)

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[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

You'll need to invent an air conditioned bicycle if you want me to ride

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago

this is carbrained in the sense that the article is proposing much needed vast changes to urban transportation and the first inclination is "but what about meeeeeeeeeee"

I mean god's sake the byline is "Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.", figure it out

[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

none of this is convincing me to get on a bike

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

Do you live in an inhospitable desert or something? thinkin-lenin

[-] xj9@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've lived in a desert my whole life and biked year around. 30mi bike commute is a lot tho. The most I've done regularly is 10.

I like sweating though, after a while you get a lot of smelly junk out of your system. Its nice. Dealing with sweaty long curly hair is a whole thing, but so worth it.