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  Wednesday, 4 May 2005


A sobering read...

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO505A.html

If you don't read the whole thing (and it is well worth reading), at least take a close look at this map, and then read the Concluding remarks.


7:21:42 PM    Comment []

I left my van at home today and rode my bike to work and back. That's about a 50km round trip and it felt good.

Good things about riding a bicycle rather than driving.

  • I have much more time to think about what I'm going to post on my weblog
  • I have more time to notice things like how colourful the city is looking with all the autumn colours right now.
  • Other people (cyclists and pedestrians) will often make eye contact, and even smile or say hello as our paths cross (a bit unnerving at first but I soon got used to it.)
  • I postponed having to fill the van with diesel for another 24 hours.
  • Stopping to take photos is much easier when biking.
  • Parking is a breeze.
  • I have time to think about things. The kind of things I would otherwise not have time to ponder. Like what would it look like if I was asked to design a light rail system for Nelson city (not that anyone would ask me that, but it doesn't hurt to wonder).
  • My legs get a workout (something kite buggying and kayaking don't do).
  • I will sleep well tonight

Not so good things about about riding a bicycle rather than driving.

  • High speed SUV wing-mirrors whizzing by my head on narrow roads.
  • Breathing exhaust fumes.
  • Don't tell anyone in the kite club I said this but... sometimes, just occasionally, wind is a bad thing.
  • I can't carry all my kite gear around with me on a bike (one small stunt kite max)
  • I can't stop to photograph the sunset, because I have no light on my bike so must be home by dark (although I do have more time to appreciate the prelude.)
  • I noticed that once you get out of the city to where I live (you know, where the footpaths end and there are no street lights), the bridges allow zero room for cyclists. I guess we are not expected to ride that far.
  • My butt hurts

I will be trying to ride at least once or twice a week in an effort to do something practical about peak oil. Combining that with actually staying in town overnight in the campervan once a week and I could almost half the amount of driving I do. Its a start...


6:34:09 PM    Comment []


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