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  I recall a discussion on The Oil Drum website a few years ago where we discussed transportation after "Peak Oil" and a few people wondered how in the world will we ever get around on our bikes if there's no affordable petroleum available to manufacture and ship polystyrene bike helmets?On Ask Umbra on bike helmets posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago 12 Responses

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  Re #1 (driving supports terrorism) -- I've and others have tried that in earnest with people outside of the environmentalist echo chamber. The general response is anger that anyone would accuse them of supporting terrorism. They just don't make the connection. There's a video on Youtube somewhere where a professor is testifying in a state legislature on the importance of energy independence. I wish I could find the video, but he makes a reference to the "If you ride alone you ride with Bin Laden" book cover and one of the representatives threw a hissy fit about because she didn't like the implication that her selfish act of riding alone might actually have consequences for other people.On So what if global warming is a hoax? posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago 35 Responses

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  Thanks for the attribution on my photo! I think you'd expect a parking industry group to say more parking is needed for transit. In my area (SF Bay Area), the suburban stations are indeed surrounded by monstrous parking structures, but there are other, lower impact ways to get people to transit. In San Francisco, for example, most people WALK to and from BART and Muni stations. Systemwide, 35% of BART riders drive to the station, while in the suburban areas that number is more like 80% and above. What parking does is enable transit oriented suburban sprawl. I guess it's less evil than just building more highway lanes, but it's still encouraging the type of development patterns that resulted in the great real estate bubble of 2008.On For public transportation to survive, we all need to ... drive more? posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago 4 Responses

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  Skirt guards in the USA

  Chain guards are very widely available and can be fitted to many bikes. Ask your bike shop to check their distributor catalogs. If they give you a hard time, find another bike shop.

  Skirt guards a little more problematic -- I don't know of aftermarket skirt guards in the United States, though I haven't looked in the catalogs yet. If you don't want to go the DIY route suggested by Umbra, you can always buy a new bike equipped with a skirt guard. The two models available in the United States are the Electra Amsterdam & Batavus Personal Bike AT. On Umbra on biking in a skirt posted 1 year, 5 months ago 22 Responses

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  That's unexpected

  But then it was Nixon who created the EPA and the Clean Air and Water bills into law. California Governor Schwarzenegger is about as progressive as they come among U.S. governors when it comes to pushing "green" initiatives. Go figure.On Republican convention will go green posted 1 year, 8 months ago 10 Responses