Originally Posted by
alan s
My vote barely counts. I barely count in the grand scope of things. Whether or not I ride a bike to work has so little impact on the environment that for all intents and purposes, it is completely irrelevant. In a hundred years, no one will remember me or have heard of me or know anything about me. Maybe sooner.
The thing is, you don't know how much impact your bike riding has; you don't know how many people sitting in their cars waiting for the light to change saw you blast by them and thought, "That looks like fun. I think I'll try it." Probably not a lot, but the ones who
do get out of their cars are going to blast by other cars. Ripples.
I care that riding my bike is good for the environment, but since my other option was the bus, it didn't actually make much difference, except to me and my health.