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Ride a bike to help fight climate change... but worsening climate change will cause fewer people to ride bikes. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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It was a shower thought for me this morning, after having seen all these record temperatures being broken around the world.

But, if it gets too hot to cycle, then people won't. And if they aren't cycling, they may start driving again, which compounds climate change even further.

Does this worry anyone else?

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[–] 768@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

NJB did a video on 'too cold' to cycle and I guess many arguments could be recycled for 'too hot', for example infrastructure for breaks, shadow, rehydration.

There might also exist timegeographic remedies, for example moving transport and mobility to colder, dimmer hours.

I doubt the impact size of the feedback loop you described to be huge and captivating. Cycling and driving might not be determined by 'rational' ease of use, I guess there is a lot of elasticity, cultural factors and other things at play as well.