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Society => Media and propaganda => Topic started by: RE on Jul 18, 2023, 12:28 PM

Title: Bike lane on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge seen as major cause of pollution
Post by: RE on Jul 18, 2023, 12:28 PM
Forget the Container ships using Bunker Fuel.  It's the damn Bike Lanes driving up the CO2 in the atmosphere!

Bike lane on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge seen as major cause of pollution

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/video/bike-lane-on-richmond-san-rafael-bridge-seen-as-major-cause-of-pollution/

RE
Title: Bike lane on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge seen as major cause of pollution
Post by: K-Dog on Jul 19, 2023, 12:03 PM
What would Greta say? 

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The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge has a total length of approximately 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometers).  A healthy adult will need an hour and a half to walk that far.  A bicycle ride across the bridge would also not be an easy trip.  The winds could be trouble. 

As far as the residents of Richmond-San Rafael go.  F them!  The bridge goes over open water and has been there longer than they have been alive. 

Should the bike lane be eliminated?  If it is not used, yes.

* how much bunker fuel does it take to ship a bicycle from China?.  What about the cardboard the bikes ship in, and what about the plastic bags used for  parts inside the box.  How many petrocalories does a bicyclist use in a half hour ride across a bridge?

An average bicycle rider on a daily commute could typically need about this many.  (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmcdonalds.co.nz%2Fsites%2Fmcdonalds.co.nz%2Ffiles%2FBigMac_BB_Low_XXXX_2019_SMP%2520700x487.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=dbaf468f2c40f4606991b1834d1adb2a3640066daf613f594225cd37e6f6406d&ipo=images) (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmcdonalds.co.nz%2Fsites%2Fmcdonalds.co.nz%2Ffiles%2FBigMac_BB_Low_XXXX_2019_SMP%2520700x487.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=dbaf468f2c40f4606991b1834d1adb2a3640066daf613f594225cd37e6f6406d&ipo=images)  I am not pulling this number outa ma ass.  It took research to come up with a reasonable number of Big Macs to provide the energy.  I needed to round up a little to get two, but a bicyclist will also need to stay warm.  And that will certainly take more calories than riding across in a metal box.  I am justified by that, and by considering that everyone does not live at the ends of the bridge.

How many (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpngimg.com%2Fuploads%2Fcow%2Fcow_PNG50628.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=957b2ebee0a7f26df189f65216945893313077ad04be5398608a3b416dab5ae5&ipo=images) do the bicycle lanes use a day?