@grue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square238arrow-up11.09Kfile-textcross-posted to: bikecommuting@lemmy.mlenvironment@beehaw.orgclimate@slrpnk.netgreen@lemmy.mlfuck_cars@lemmy.mlbicycles@lemmy.ca
arrow-up11.09Kexternal-linkOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.com@grue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square238file-textcross-posted to: bikecommuting@lemmy.mlenvironment@beehaw.orgclimate@slrpnk.netgreen@lemmy.mlfuck_cars@lemmy.mlbicycles@lemmy.ca
minus-square@GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 months 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-square@michaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months 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-square@GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months 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