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its not ust the carbon impact.
70% of the worlds bikes are made in China and another 15% made in India, that # per $1000 is skewed. The average wage for 85% of the worlds bikes is less than 50 cents an hour. The average wage for car production globally is well over $50/hour when beni's are added in. Thats a factor of 100 that is not being added in here due to wage disparity. Add in that about 100 million bikes get made each year compared to 70 illion cars the manufacturing cleanliness is not a slam dunk that everyone seems to think it is.
Granted the jist is the same, cars are way more harmful based on there intended use. The bigger issue is how bikes are made and how people that make them are treated. There are a few bike companies trying to address this very issue (Dahon, Kind Bicycles) but it is a long road. On Umbra on the impacts of biking posted 1 year, 6 months ago 21 Responses