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Oxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
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this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
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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
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none of this is convincing me to get on a bike
I'm not trying to
Do you live in an inhospitable desert or something?
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.