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From: MasonS on 6 Dec 2009 11:28 On 6 Dec, 16:19, Phil W Lee <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote: > Strangely Composed <h...(a)there.nowhere> considered Sun, 06 Dec 2009 > > When I see a pedestrian freewheeling (freefooting?), I'll accept you > have a point.- Hide quoted text - Sadly due to whatever reason, it must be years since I used to skate on the local park's pond. I think wet ice has a lower friction than wheel bearings, so a ped might glide further than a cyclist in that scenario. -- Simon Mason
From: The Medway Handyman on 6 Dec 2009 11:32 MasonS(a)BP.com wrote: > On 6 Dec, 13:22, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >> In article <9794ca9a-552a-4520-a03e-618921e70364 >> @x16g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>, Mas...(a)BP.com says... >> >>> Don't car drivers have to eat as well? >> >> Not to replace energy used to transport themselves. >> >>> Stop clutching at straws. >> >> You should. >> >> -- >> Conorwww.notebooks-r-us.co.uk >> >> I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. > > I eat about 2500 calories a day and am around 12 stone. A lot of my > fat car driving workmates eat *far* more than I do to maintain their > 18 stone plus weight. This bulk, plus their 1.5 tonne cars needs a lot > of fossil fuel energy to shift on top of their carbon footprint caused > by all of the lorries shifting their pies and sausage rolls up and > down the land. So your pro biotic yoghurt & muesli transport themselves do they? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
From: JNugent on 6 Dec 2009 11:33 MasonS(a)BP.com wrote: > On 5 Dec, 23:08, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >> Mas...(a)BP.com wrote: >>> Of course, cyclists pay for motorways... >> Even you must be cringing at having typed that. > > Why? - it is true. Motorways, unlike local roads which are funded out > of council tax are funded out of the big treasury pot that little old > ladies cycling to the grocers pay into. Keep telling yourself that.
From: JNugent on 6 Dec 2009 11:36 MasonS(a)BP.com wrote: > JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >> Mas...(a)BP.com wrote: >>> Not all CO2 is the same. >> You are one of Doug's sock puppets AICMFP. > The carbon coming out of your car is *new* carbon that was previously > locked away for millions of years. > The carbon coming out in my breath *could* be the same carbon that > Julius Caesar ate. > Big difference. Otherwise this wouldn't happen. > http://www.holon.se/folke/carbon/pictures/maunaloa_CO2graph.jpg > Simon Mason Whoosh. No surprise there.
From: MasonS on 6 Dec 2009 11:37
On 6 Dec, 16:26, Phil W Lee <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote: > "Mas...(a)BP.com" <Mas...(a)BP.com> considered Sun, 6 Dec 2009 04:33:34 > -0800 (PST) the perfect time to write: > > >£5 a gallon is about £1-10 a litre. I just bought some 95% water > >called beer and it cost me £3 a litre. > >Petrol is dirt cheap considering its journey to your tank. > > Which proves that if you derive your cycling calories from beer, you > may well be paying more duty that the motorist.- Hide quoted text - I have probably paid for the M25 on my own then! Pauwel Kwak was £6.50 a litre in Waitrose and 97 RON only £1.20 a litre earlier on today. -- Simon Mason |