Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
The same may be said for bicyclists and their choice of transportation. I'd suspect 99%+ of bicyclists do so for fun, exercise, practicality and/or economic necessity; the environmental benefit may be a positive effect, but is only a side effect.
"Cycling advocates" are fooling themselves if they think playing the environmental card or engaging in car culture bashing rhetoric will have any significant impact on people taking up bicycling.
I do agree
for the most part.
But there is a sizable minority of collegiate liberal ex-hippy types who do ride bikes and eat organic food from co-ops, etc., for the main reason that they want to be eco-responsible. Possibly there aren't many where you live, but they (we) do exist in pretty good numbers in many enclaves across the nation.
Also, have you ever considered that advocacy isn't an effort to get people to do what they already want to do? That's largely a waste of time. Most advocacy consists of getting people to try doing something they
don't already want to do.
Another word for this is democracy.