Originally Posted by
Podolak
Damn, I am ashamed to show my face in this forum now...
Don't worry. Your real fault is subscribing to what I've come to call the 'Environmental Assumption Fallacy'. Not every one in the commuting forums rides to work to save the earth, and some of us get quite offended when those kinds of assumptions are made. I actually commend you for working for a transportation company--one of the mass-consumers, mass-producers or service providers--that provides a market and demand for the type of infrastructure that allows us to commute safely everyday.
Commuters need to remember that they only find value and happiness in a cycle commute because it is by choice (practical evidence can be seen in the alcohol ? thread). Where no choice exists, no value exists. When you support environmental programs (especially those pushed by the government, not employers latching onto trendy issues) you work to undercut the productive forces that give us jobs to commute to and that have consistently created cleaner and healthier technology because it is profitable to do so. (Podolak, this last paragraph is in response to a pervasive and common mentality that I've noticed, and not directed at you.
/I'm feeling a bit snarky today
Cheers,
Steven.