Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6 kilometres each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, the study suggests, annual global carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.


Hey, hey, hey… my fat mother isn’t going to ride a bike. Even though I rode a bike for years, I like air conditioning now that I’m older (fatter). You can’t save the world trying to convince me that I should sweat.
/this is sarcasm
They make these great recumbent trikes for us fat decrepit folk