Originally Posted by Oni
Energy is energy. doesn't matter if it comes from a polluting fossil fuel engine or a bicycle. You're stupid to think that we couldn't have done the things we have without gas. didn't someone mention something about self-hating cyclists? have some pride in the power of your body.
If energy is energy, why hasn't anyone come up with an alternative that is just as cheap, just as efficient, and just as *powerful*?
If it was possible to improve the human condition through bicycle engine power, why wasn't it done in the thousands of years before the invention of the internal combustion engine?
You all have to face the facts. BY FAR, even the poorest people in the world are vastly better off. Every person on this forum, comparatively, lives in a luxurious world full of comforts and conveniences that were made possible by the internal combustion machine. We are talking about an advancement that allowed for social, cultural, and economical advancements (including making slavery irrelevant) that the world had never seen before.
I love to ride my bicycle and I also love to drive my car, cut my grass, travel on airplanes, eat at restaurants, surf the web, sleep in my temperature controled house, etc...
Without internal combustion engines, we would mostly all starve to death within a couple of years. Those of you that preach this goofy rhetoric wherein we should all peddle everywhere need to open your eyes to the real world. Take off the tinfoil hat and appreciate what you have.