US politician says bikes cause pollution

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simon.sharwood
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Postby simon.sharwood » 05 Mar 2013, 14:00

http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2013/03/ ... -be-taxed/
For those who need to vent their spleens. :D

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Postby Lizanne » 05 Mar 2013, 14:03

i've been banging my head on my desk about this all day. even reading the comments makes my head hurt

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Postby JoTheBuilder » 05 Mar 2013, 14:10

One of the off shoot articles was pretty interesting (more interesting than the ignorant politician anyway):

http://bikeportland.org/2011/12/12/new- ... odes-63536

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Postby marc2131 » 05 Mar 2013, 14:14

Hey, I agree with 'Representative Ed Orcutt' (R – Kalama).
See myself as an old model 4WD. Guzzling wheatbix's and smokin' to Waterfall.

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Postby Karzie » 05 Mar 2013, 15:51

Hey, I agree with 'Representative Ed Orcutt' (R – Kalama).
See myself as an old model 4WD. Guzzling wheatbix's and smokin' to Waterfall.
Don't forget the huge methane production too...

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Postby marc2131 » 05 Mar 2013, 16:29

I am sure Mr Ed probably takes lots of things literally.
IQ does not equate high public office.
Imagine the idiots who vote for people like this.

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Postby Anthony K » 05 Mar 2013, 16:39

I actually think it is quite a grovelling apology for a politician. Clearly even he could see the stupidity of what he had said earlier.

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Postby James Rogers » 05 Mar 2013, 22:06

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.se/2010/03/ ... e.html?m=1

How much CO2 do you exhale while cycling...? (Note it is from 2010, and doesn't count all the heavy breathing since...)

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Postby mikesbytes » 05 Mar 2013, 22:16

Isn't the reason that bikes are bad for the environment is because the cause the 4WD's to slow down and then accelerate as they pass consuming additional fossil fuels

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Postby Philip » 06 Mar 2013, 06:12

What, a republican admitting that excess CO2 in the atmosphere is a problem, and that it's a man made problem. Surely that alone is enough to get him kicked out of the party! .


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