This month Jeanne Louise Wiese delves into the research and provides you with some of the stats and findings which prove why commuting to work on your bike is such a great idea.
Biking to work saves the environment…
I have calculated the amount of carbon emissions that my car would emit into the atmosphere each month by using a number of online carbon footprint calculators. For a medium sized petrol car my emissions amounted to around 75kg of CO2 per month and would result in the saving of around 900kg of CO2 per year should I choose to commute with my bicycle to work and back every work day.
This is considering that I now live only 6km from my office. So for you guys out there who commute over longer distances, you reduce your carbon footprint with every extra kilometre you peddle. This is just one of many ways you can reduce your footprint and leave some space for those little feet that are going to follow us in the next generations.
