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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint (www.euronews.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6 kilometres each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, the study suggests, annual global carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.

This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago

They did improve on the bicycle not too long ago. The evolution is called an e-bike.
Of course, then we're back to "but what if the electricity comes from filthy coal plants?" etc.

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