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Using our cars is bad for us! – Go By Bike Episode 3

April 16, 2010

Give your kids a cleaner, brighter future Welcome to Go By Bike! I started this series to talk about how to ride more and use your car less, including electric bikes, electric kits, cargo bikes, bike safety, and getting motivated to bike. Using your car less reduces your carbon footprint, saves energy, helps the environment, keeps [...]

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Hilton Head – Bike paradise?

December 15, 2009

I recently returned from a trip to Hilton Head Island, in South Carolina. Hilton Head is located at the very south part of South Carolina, close to Savannah Georgia, and is a very popular beach vacation location. My parents, who participate in the condo swapping programs that have become popular lately, had a week to spend [...]

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Time versus energy

August 24, 2008

Recently there was a lively discussion over on the Rootsradicals mailing list about energy usage and electric bikes. There was debate about whether it takes more energy to run a bike by electric power or leg power. While the debate was all well and good, it sidesteps the bigger picture. Biking in any form, whether [...]

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Taking the train

June 9, 2008

Here I am in Montana near Glacier National Park, riding on one of the more fuel-efficient modes of transportation: the train. While gliding along and looking at the spectacular scenery, I couldn’t help but run some numbers through my head about the efficiency of this mode of transit. This train is carrying 340 +/- 20 [...]

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Replacing two car trips per week….

January 15, 2008

Recently I saw a discussion on another website about peak oil. Someone there was deriding the “environmentalists” who want us “to all use bikes”. He was saying “that is not a realistic solution”. Perhaps there is no single solution to our current mess of oil dependency. Perhaps, however, if we combine solutions, we will make [...]

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