Biking in the city
The common view among New York City bicyclists is that there activity is a very noble one. So noble, in fact that it can negate any ignoble action done while biking. So if a biker, running a red light, going the wrong way down a one-way street, runs over an old woman on a walker and breaks her hip, all of that is OK, because he did it with a low carbon footprint.
There is a real effort underway to make America a class society in the sense Britain was. Affluent cyclists seem themselves as part of the overclass. Lowering your carbon footprint is an indulgence of theirs. Thus it is due deference.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if, once your metabolism is factored in, how much cycling really does lower one's footprint. Negatively I bet compared to using the subway.