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Entries in cycling (3)

Saturday
Apr232011

Cycling numbers

Just saw this in a tender notice, for delivery of training in London.

This is what it looks like when people set targets that make change

"increase cycling by 400 per cent by 2026 compared to 2000"

Good to see, at last.

Friday
Oct292010

Make your mark, for now

I'd seen an earlier version of this that was a prototype.

Here's a group turning a low impact contrail into reality

Thursday
Jun102010

Top banana

Great little article the Guardian yesterday - CO2 for cycling - depends of course, on what you eat. Here's the impact of cycling a mile, powered by different food

Bananas 65g CO2e

Cereals with milk: 90g CO2e 

Bacon: 200g CO2e

Cheeseburgers: 260g CO2e

Air-freighted asparagus: 2800g CO2e

 

Fuelling on asparagus gives you a higher environmental impact than driving a Hummer. That doesn't make the Humvee good - just avoid green spears that have flown. So, surprise, surprise, when you're best off heading out on the road, load up on bananas and carbo from cereal.

PS

The 'e' part of CO2e is for 'equivalent' - taking into account the other greenhouse gases such as methane that are released in food production.