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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:43 PM Original message |
Could bicycle use stop oil wars? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Our country is not set up to allow for bicycle commutes for most. |
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PLF (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. eventually reality will force this change |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Perhaps soon, we'll have no other choice but to change our ways... |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. How about a car that runs on compressed air? |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Where does the energy come from to compress the air? n/t |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Saw that car on the Discovery Channel last night. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good idea in theory, but then how do we eat? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Most people live within a couple miles of a grocery store |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. And how does the food get to the grocery store? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Or we could do things that could be implemented immediately |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. Yes, this is true - but you are clearly not reading people's posts here. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. You would have to go almost every day. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I go to the grocery store on my way home from work |
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PLF (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, I'll get right on that. |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:36 PM Original message |
I that a swollen right testicle or what ? |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. my job is 75 miles one way UP a mountain--- |
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PLF (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It's uphill both ways ain't it? |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. bwahaha |
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PLF (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. For the record, my bike is my primary source of transportation. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You freak! |
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PLF (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. Nobody has to do anything 100% but many are indignant at even trying at all. |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. I made a point of riding to work 1/4 of the time |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Though I'm Against Reliance On Oil, I'm More Against Riding A Bicycle To Work. Sorry. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Why? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Good Luck Gettin Me To Want To Ride A Bike 1/4 Mile, Let Alone 15 Miles. Ain't Gonna Happen. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I hear ya |
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PLF (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's that typical American sense of entitlement. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The Walk From My Car Into The Building Is Exercise Enough, Thank You. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Personal decisions that lead to death and destruction are funny |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Trust Me, I've Never Killed Anyone On My Way To Work...... .....Yet. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. The poor schlub would deserve it |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Are you sure you're posting on the right board? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Are You Sure You Are Pal? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. If motor traffic were reduced to 25% or so... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. More than 25% of drivers oppose the war |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I'd love it.... |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. No |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. If all military personnel worldwide were required to uses bicycles alone ... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. bicycle use was IMPOSSIBLE for me this month |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. That's Your Typical American Sense Of Entitlement Talking. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. my pregnant sister with a 3 year old in tow is going to bike to the store in 5 degrees? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Just To Be Clear, |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. oh ok |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Or for me in the summer |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. The enabling and encouraging of bicycle use would do a lot of good |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'll be starting as soon as it stays light an extra half hour, and especially after DST change |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. How do you pedal it? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Sweet ride |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. It is wonderful in a perfect world, but when you have children and live in the |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. Who knows, but we could try |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. That is funny! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. Fast and organized rail systems... maybe... but a bike? |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. I wish we could |
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StrictlyRockers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. Best idea I have heard! |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
51. sorry... not going to get to work all sweaty |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
52. Be my guest, I walk 3-4 times a week to work about 3 miles each way |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
56. NO, our whole freakn' society... especially architecture and infrastructure |
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