Sacremento cycles for cleaner air

[GFishy]

Cyclists in the Sacramento, California, Air Quality District surpassed their goal of riding one million miles in the month of May. Their efforts totalled 1,021,924 logged miles of recreational riding, commuting, errands and work trips of mid-day Wednesday. 6,590 cyclists participated in the effort.

 

 

 

"The current number of commute and errand miles has saved 404,849 pounds of global warming CO2 and 5,624 pounds of other air pollution from our atmosphere. The cyclists also saved 20,824 gallons of gasoline (worth $81,006.92)," according to www.mayisbikemonth.com.

 

[Tumbleweed]

that's incredible!!!! $81,006.92? that's, like, R615000! imagine if something like that got momentum: would the oil companies sit up and listen?

 

 

[GFishy]

And gas is cheaper in US than SA...

 

Thus even more SA Rands

[Tumbleweed]

the sa government would start a bicycle tax for sure. they would lose a load of revenue if gas sales went down! i read that some euro leaders are pushing for a cap on government tax on gasoline and diesel levies to avery a crisis. too little, too late?

[Tumbleweed]

but on matters environmental, here's an interesting reversal:

WASHINGTON (AP) _ While U.S. cities are hot spots for global warming, people living in them turn out to be greener than their country cousins.
Each resident of the largest 100 largest metropolitans areas is responsible on average for 2.47 tons of carbon dioxide in energy consumption each year, 14 percent below the 2.87 ton (2.6 metric ton) U.S. average, researchers at the Brookings Institution say in a report being released Thursday.

 

People in US cities have less of a carbon footprint than rural ...

 

[GFishy]

Mention carbon footprint to SA government and they would insist that they are wearing shoes...

 

Serious!

 

Cutting down the carbon footprint left by every person by 1% would contibute a lot to the melting of the poles...