From: Doug on
On 14 Dec, 10:44, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <e5be0338-24bc-4a99-9330-142d662bacd0@
> 21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, Doug says...
>
>
>
> > The EU is threatening to take the UK to court and be fined for its air
> > pollution but this only applies to PM10s, which are mainly emitted by
> > buses and lorries. Meanwhile motorists are completely free to emit
> > several other harmful pollutants, some of which are life threatening,
> > and get away with it.
>
> > One has to ask why the EU is ignoring those other harmful pollutants
> > in favour of motorists, who are 80% of all road transport?
>
> A person who is cycling emits more CO2 than someone who is using a bus.
> So why are cyclists free to emit excessive levels of greenhouse gases?
>
Probably because they are not nearly as excessive as that of
motorists. A line has to be drawn somewhere.

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From: Simon Mason on

"Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.259027538b858e0f989a10(a)news.eternal-
>
> A person who is cycling emits more CO2 than someone who is using a bus.
> So why are cyclists free to emit excessive levels of greenhouse gases?

Wrong again. I eat the same whether I cycle or not. All that happens is that
I gain weight which means more fossil fuels will be needed to shift my ever
increasing bulk on the odd occasion I drive my car.

Do you know that horses emit more CO2 than humans? Learn the difference
between sustainable energy from food and non sustainable energy from fossil
fuels before talking such nonsense.

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http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

From: Adrian on
"Simon Mason" <simon(a)simonmason.karoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

>> A person who is cycling emits more CO2 than someone who is using a bus.
>> So why are cyclists free to emit excessive levels of greenhouse gases?

> Wrong again. I eat the same whether I cycle or not. All that happens is
> that I gain weight which means more fossil fuels will be needed to shift
> my ever increasing bulk on the odd occasion I drive my car.

Has the thought of eating less to compensate for less exercise not
crossed your mind?
From: Silk on
On 14/12/2009 08:02, Doug wrote:
> The EU is threatening to take the UK to court and be fined for its air
> pollution but this only applies to PM10s, which are mainly emitted by
> buses and lorries. Meanwhile motorists are completely free to emit
> several other harmful pollutants, some of which are life threatening,
> and get away with it.

There's not much we are allowed to get away with these days, so this is
a good thing. FWIW, my car is one of the lowest emitting cars you can
buy. It probably emits less CO2 than your gob.

> One has to ask why the EU is ignoring those other harmful pollutants
> in favour of motorists, who are 80% of all road transport?

One doesn't have to ask anything if one doesn't want to. I tell you
what, you ask them and report back.
From: Adrian C on
Conor wrote:

> A person who is cycling emits more CO2 than someone who is using a bus.

To cycle effectively, a person requires a higher food intake. There
could be more CO2 produced in getting that food than emitted in the
exercise of cycling. Depends what the cyclist eats and drinks. To make
it work, they *must* eat boring stuff to keep CO2 emisions down. And the
stuff they eat should be taxed with an equivalent to fuel duty.

On a bus, ye just divide the CO2 produced from the bus by sum of the
passengers.

<note: me cowardly snipping of crosspost>

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