grue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldclimate_lm@slrpnk.netclimate@slrpnk.netbicycles@lemmy.cagreen@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1external-linkOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.comgrue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square265fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldclimate_lm@slrpnk.netclimate@slrpnk.netbicycles@lemmy.cagreen@lemmy.ml
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 days agoBicycle commuting reduced all-cause mortality by almost 50%. All-cause. That’s with the risk of getting murdered by a driver priced into the figure.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·9 days agoSource? Notably bike enthusiasts are self selected from those willing and able to do what they do. It is notably not useful to say that a 20 year old commuting 10 miles a day is more healthy than grandma in her walker.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agohttps://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e001295 I encourage you to save methodological speculation until you’ve actually read the study
Bicycle commuting reduced all-cause mortality by almost 50%. All-cause. That’s with the risk of getting murdered by a driver priced into the figure.
Source? Notably bike enthusiasts are self selected from those willing and able to do what they do. It is notably not useful to say that a 20 year old commuting 10 miles a day is more healthy than grandma in her walker.
https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e001295
I encourage you to save methodological speculation until you’ve actually read the study