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- From: hdavies@rx.xerox.com (Hugh J.E. Davies)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.usa
- Subject: Re: Cars and suburbs
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.144839.28197@spectrum.xerox.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 14:48:39 GMT
- References: <GV0WBLK8@cc.swarthmore.edu>
- Sender: news@spectrum.xerox.com
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- In article GV0WBLK8@cc.swarthmore.edu, dpeders1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Pedersen) writes:
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- [snip]
-
- >Why is it that every time transportation alternatives are discussed that
- >no-one _ever_ mentions bicycles? Bikes are a viable, non-polluting method
- >
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- Bicycles aren't completely unpolluting, since they are an industrial product
- that has to be manufactured from steel and plastic - two products that are very
- polluting to produce.
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- But I will concede that they are considerably less polluting than cars.
-
- (N.B. When I lived 6 miles from work, I cycled. Now I live 40 miles from
- work I drive.)
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- Regards,
-
- Hugh.
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