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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>
"If everybody cycled as much as the Dutch, global carbon emissions would drop
by nearly 700 million tonnes per year.
A new University of Southern Denmark study - published by the
Communications
Earth and Environment journal - has urged people to saddle up like they do in
the Netherlands.
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.
“The significant untapped climate and health benefits of increasing bicycle use
suggest an urgent need to promote sustainable bicycle use,” the authors
conclude."
Via
The Fixer August 24, 2022:
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https://reasonstobecheerful.world/netherlands-bicycling-climate-change-emissions/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
