"The bicycle is the slow death of the planet"

[reagansghost]

"The bicycle is the slow death of the planet."

I hope he did say this, but don't know. Sounds about right.


General Director of Euro Exim Bank Ltd. got economists thinking when he said:

"A cyclist is a disaster for the country's economy: he does not buy cars and does not borrow money to buy. He does not pay for insurance policies. He does not buy fuel, does not pay for the necessary maintenance and repairs. He does not use paid parking. He does not cause serious accidents. He does not require multi-lane highways. He does not get fat.

Healthy people are neither needed nor useful for the economy. They don't buy medicine. They do not go to hospitals or doctors. Nothing is added to the country's GDP (gross domestic product).

On the contrary, every new McDonald's restaurant creates at least 30 jobs: 10 cardiologists, 10 dentists, 10 dietary experts and nutritionists, and obviously, people who work at the restaurant itself."

Choose carefully: cyclist or McDonald's? It is worth considering.


P.S. Walking is even worse. Pedestrians don't even buy bicycles.


~ babylonsister

[NiftyNiblick]

Makes sense to me.

Even as a Europhile, I find the serious European status of bicycles to be laughable.

One thing I do love about America is that most of us view bicycles as children's toys.

[Diesel]

Makes sense to me.

Even as a Europhile, I find the serious European status of bicycles to be laughable.

One thing I do love about America is that most of us view bicycles as children's toys.

Have you ever been to Colorado? Some of those people don't have cars; and many of them spend more money on their bicycles than their cars.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

you guys get he's serious, right?

he's anti health, anti frugality, anti sustainability.

this is where corporatism goes wrong,when it encourages harm to create customers.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

you idiots read freakonomics too many times.

dumb: "it's wild how capitalism means immoral things are fine now?"

dumber: "I know, right?"

[moon]

[ThatOwlWoman]

"The bicycle is the slow death of the planet."

I hope he did say this, but don't know. Sounds about right.


General Director of Euro Exim Bank Ltd. got economists thinking when he said:

"A cyclist is a disaster for the country's economy: he does not buy cars and does not borrow money to buy. He does not pay for insurance policies. He does not buy fuel, does not pay for the necessary maintenance and repairs. He does not use paid parking. He does not cause serious accidents. He does not require multi-lane highways. He does not get fat.

Healthy people are neither needed nor useful for the economy. They don't buy medicine. They do not go to hospitals or doctors. Nothing is added to the country's GDP (gross domestic product).

On the contrary, every new McDonald's restaurant creates at least 30 jobs: 10 cardiologists, 10 dentists, 10 dietary experts and nutritionists, and obviously, people who work at the restaurant itself."

Choose carefully: cyclist or McDonald's? It is worth considering.


P.S. Walking is even worse. Pedestrians don't even buy bicycles.


~ babylonsister

I was unable to find any verification of this quote; the first two pages on Google just dutifully repeated this word for word. I'm sure it was meant tongue-in-cheek. He's right, in a way.

[moon]

I was unable to find any verification of this quote; the first two pages on Google just dutifully repeated this word for word. I'm sure it was meant tongue-in-cheek. He's right, in a way.

Yes- as far as consumer capitalism goes the bicycle is very scary.

Haw, haw................................haw.

[reagansghost]

I was unable to find any verification of this quote; the first two pages on Google just dutifully repeated this word for word. I'm sure it was meant tongue-in-cheek. He's right, in a way.

forget where I found this gem, written by a contributor on some forum

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

I was unable to find any verification of this quote; the first two pages on Google just dutifully repeated this word for word. I'm sure it was meant tongue-in-cheek. He's right, in a way.

he's not right. he's an idiot. so are you.

this is precisely the attitude that enviros claim to be against.

think for yourself one damn time, stooge.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

forget where I found this gem, written by a contributor on some forum

a gem of destructive idiocy. awesome.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Yes- as far as consumer capitalism goes the bicycle is very scary.

Haw, haw................................haw.

Think of the disaster we'd have on our hands if most of us worked from home, grew/raised our own food, and quit buying plastic and petroleum-based products.

"It's the end of the world as we know it." -- R.E.M.

[T. A. Gardner]

Have you ever been to Colorado? Some of those people don't have cars; and many of them spend more money on their bicycles than their cars.

Question... Do those bicyclists ride when there's like a foot of snow on the ground and a blizzard outside? Do they ride to work (assuming they have a job) in a torrential downpour? How do they do something like bring home ten bags of groceries? Or, is it their lifestyle to live in a high rise apartment and eat out all the time?

But it's all good... Bicyclists who ride incessantly are more likely to end up sterile...

In sum, these studies suggest that cycling... ...may make one more prone to urethral strictures, genital numbness, and saddle sores.

https://www.urologytimes.com/view/bi...ad-mens-health

When you toss in increased exposure to air pollution and accidents, bicyclists seem to be self annihilating.

https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2...s-your-health/

[ThatOwlWoman]

he's not right. he's an idiot. so are you.

this is precisely the attitude that enviros claim to be against.

think for yourself one damn time, stooge.

Said the puppet, without a single trace of irony. lol

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Said the puppet, without a single trace of irony. lol

you've let your materialism and greed rot your character and soul.