I guess it all depends on the individual.
What’s their personal reason for LCF?
Financial? To save money on insurance, maintenance, car payments, fuel?
To help the environment?
For simplicity?
Originally Posted by
cooker
But when you (the generic you, not you specifically) drive, it does affect me - I have to breathe your exhaust… I have to live with the strife caused by oil conflicts and the damage to the environment. So I have no objection to you driving per se, I'm just objecting to the part that harms me, or other people or the environment. Get rid of that and I won't say a word about you driving all you want.
Ah yes, our moral and ethical “virtue”.
Sure, a car might hit you by accident, but you might hit a pedestrian on your bike, someone might assault you with a knife, a plane might fall out of the sky. Whats the point? Lessen the risk? Stay indoors? Cross contamination might kill you, don’t eat? Eliminate all risks? Maybe.
Btw it’s interesting to observe how even our beloved bicycle has it’s own impact on the environment, of course, perhaps to a lesser degree than cars but cars less than trucks, and trucks less than planes, etc etc.
The factories that produce the rubber for the inner tubes, tires, grips… the aluminum, steel, or carbon, the components. Shipping bikes/products on trucks, ships, and planes.
Unless we find a way to construct a 100% “green” bike out of natural products, the ultimate planet- friendly mode of transportation are your own two feet (attached to legs ofc)… but then you need shoes. Ugh.