Commuters vs. cyclists: who is more environmentally friendly?We have been hearing about saving energy for decades. But wouldn't it be better to generate more energy than we consume? About a paradigm shift.
Written on the shield: We choose daily: with every km by train, bus or bicycle, with every holiday without flight. With every veggie meal I choose a world worth living in. For our children and grandchildren. This cyclist, photographed on 6 December 2019 in the Nonntaler Hauptstraße Salzburg expresses the idea of saving energy. But how does this cyclist live? Probably in Salzburg, probably in an apartment that allows no or very few possibilities for energy production. Probably in a flat where warm water and space heating is produced by making little fires. No matter how hard he tries to save energy, he will consume more energy than he generates.
The evil evil commuter, the amount of fuel he burns. But what if all the bad bad commuters moved into town? The rents are already prohibitive. If all the commuters were to say "I want to start an environmentally friendly life as a cyclist in the city, where is an apartment for me"?
Generating more energy than consuming it. Commuter vs. cyclist, with commuters in the GEMINI next generation house with electric car the balance suddenly looks completely different. Even 25,000 km per year is only 4,000 kWh, a fraction of the own electricity production. |
