Ok, everyone has gone mad in the UK about “carbon miles” and “carbon neutral”. Well, The New Green Man says he’s been using the meanest and greenest of machine for years before any of this, well, “new wave” inquistion-ism cam e about.
The bicycle is still the most efficient machine mankind has ever created for converting human energy input into a greatly amplified energy output, via the elegent means of converting our human “lever” (i.e. legs) mechanics into “rotation”. In fact, a bicycle needs only 35 calories for a “passenger mile”, while a car expends a 1,860. Bus and trains use about half the amount of calories, and walking, well that takes about 3 times as many calories as riding a bike for same distance.
So, get a bicycle, whether made in China, Britain, or America – and the miles you ride will quickly surpass any neurotic calculation by the green fascists. The New Green Man says, “Honk! Honk!” with his Bombay Bicycle horn as he pedals away from the Forester’s Hut!
