Solution to higher gas prices and obesity: everyone starts riding bicycles. Good idea or bad idea?

Answer 1

I think it is ideal, but only if you live less than 10 miles away from your place of work. Otherwise it is a suicide trip, especially if you are in a field that requires that you have loads of work taken care of at home...it is too risky to take such things through random weather conditions.

I am in favor of larger bicycle lanes which would be more inviting to cyclelists, especially since curbs seem to keep rocks and other debris in the bike lane. It would also be ideal to have a bicycle that could do more than 40mph. If officers didn't give you tickets for going too fast, and if the bicycle was so efficient that one petal would be the equivalent to five.

That would be perfect, and everyone would eat anything they wanted because their metabolisms would have accended to a higher level.

Smile, it is a great idea.

Answer 2

I doubt it would REALLY effect gas prices, but it would sure employ more bicycle builders and orthopedic surgeons !! The key to childhood obesity is to reinstate "recess" in the schools again !!

We just last WEEK had "Bike-To-Work-Day" in the Bay Area, and the roads were still swamped with idiots in their SUV's and the newly pious in their Prius.

I have ridden my bike and commuted via train for the last 10 years... When I was a telecommunications engineer I even had my tools in my pack and I would service all our customers in a 5 mile radius. In my new career I drive my tools to work on Monday, ride my bike back and forth during the week, and then drive the truck home on Friday.

Answer 3

Bad, when you are a two parent working family with a 4 yea old who attends school and one parent goes to college. Shopping for the house, groceries....again with a 4 year old child. Just not too practical for today's world. However I am all for driving whatever kind of car I have to, to do my part in not contributing to this horrible problem.

And you know giving up driving a car is not a solution to obesity. Eating healthy foods and choosing an active lifestyle is. It's called self control.

Answer 4

It's an excellent idea - however, the problem is that this country was built for cars - places are spread out, there are poor sidewalks and few good places for bikes to travel. Even in cities, there is no place for bikes.

Many European cities and towns have bike paths and I believe that for a plan like yours to work, we would have to put effort into improving our transportation system to include bikes.

I used to live in Copenhagen and ride my bike everywhere - I absolutely loved it, I felt awake and energized all the time from the fresh air and exercise. Copenhagen is actually funny because there can be as much bike traffic in the morning as there is car traffic.

Answer 5

Years ago, before Atari, Nintendo, all the electronic games and such, kids played outside until the street lights came on. They rode bikes, skateboards, ran, played army, cowboys and Indians and all the fun stuff kids do.

Today, kids go to school, then go home and sit in front of TV, computers, video games and get very little exercise. Parents work, so food is fried, usually fast food, and most mom's don't have time to cook a real home cooked meal.

Yes, riding bikes and walking would be good ways to save gas and inches.

Answer 6

I disagree. I stay in a city that has a splash over 60,000 human beings. Our public transportation gadget includes buses that don't conceal the entire community and give up working around 9 pm. on account that gas expenditures have went up, i've got no longer observed a drop in site visitors. It nonetheless takes me between 10 and quarter-hour to stress to artwork. The artwork week has no longer replaced around right here. this is nonetheless Monday by using Friday.

Answer 7

I want to say yes, but we both already know that will only cause the price to dip at the beginning, and then balloon out of control as the oil companies attempt to recover their losses.

But it would definitley help with the obesity problem.

Answer 8

Feel free. I am neither obese or having trouble buying gas.

ADDED: I have also seen this coming for most of my adult life. I have never lived more than 5 miles from where I do most of my work, and my child has ridden the school bus since the end of 1st grade. I drive a Subaru which gets over 30 miles per gallon, and I fill up once every 2 weeks, tops.

Answer 9

I'll pass. I don't want my pregnant wife riding a bicycle 11 miles to work during the July/August heat here in NC. I CERTAINLY don't want to try and get groceries 5 miles away in the same heat....all of my perishables would perish!

Answer 10

Well considering that I commute close to 100 miles per day
round trip, bad idea, but I would save tons of $ on gas
I take my motorcycle, cuts the price in half