tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post1506727437432711800..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Daddy, what did you do in the climate war ?David Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-70603596905606122512019-10-03T09:40:06.024+02:002019-10-03T09:40:06.024+02:00E: I won't disagree with any of what you'v...E: I won't disagree with any of what you've said, except to point out that it's not nearly enough. If you look at the graph beneath the subtitle "Who is causing most damage" you'll see that US per capita emissions are shown to have been falling over the last ten years. The graph ends in 2017 because that's what was available when I wrote the article. All of these David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-38607277636761030762019-10-03T03:47:05.995+02:002019-10-03T03:47:05.995+02:00Mr. Hembrow, while I agree that we all need to do ...Mr. Hembrow, while I agree that we all need to do more, I must point out that your chart should show that US per capita emissions are lower than they've been since 1951, and dropping still in all likelihood (2018 had a harsh winter which resulted in increased gas consumption).<br />I would also like to let you know that America is expected to have gotten three quarters of the way to its ParisEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978343885455156887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-7158444133684772842019-02-11T01:25:02.986+01:002019-02-11T01:25:02.986+01:00Thanks David, that's exactly the information I...Thanks David, that's exactly the information I was looking for!<br /><br />Even at the much more modest needs of NS, based upon that math it does indeed seem prohibitive to store so much energy.<br /><br />It's certainly better for NS to purchase green energy rather than not, but you are right that it seems shady for them to claim that 100% of their energy is green when they have not Pauanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09141136258826180195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-24719649520296598902019-02-10T19:07:09.204+01:002019-02-10T19:07:09.204+01:00Pauan,
The NS has no batteries at all. There is n...Pauan,<br /><br />The NS has no batteries at all. There is no attempt to store energy from windy days to use on no less windy days. None at all.<br /><br />Battery storage seems like a great idea to lots of people but it is actually completely impractical on a large scale. The resources to make enough batteries to store a significant amount of energy simply don't exist and the size of such David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-47406600123337276472019-02-09T22:09:02.053+01:002019-02-09T22:09:02.053+01:00Hello David,
I've enjoyed many of your articl...Hello David,<br /><br />I've enjoyed many of your articles and I have a lot of respect for you and what you've accomplished. I really appreciate a fact-and-result based approach to things.<br /><br />This article seems good in general, however you mentioned that the train companies are not using renewable energy, instead it is an "accounting trick".<br /><br />The official NS Pauanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09141136258826180195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-39829265115704746842018-12-26T07:36:29.841+01:002018-12-26T07:36:29.841+01:00Hi David. Excellent post.
It’s been a while sinc...Hi David. Excellent post. <br /><br />It’s been a while since I’ve been here but I’m pleased you’re still blogging. You’re absolutely right. While I enjoyed being on our Australian Dutch Cycle Tour in 2011 and learned a great deal, my lobbying locally from knowledge gained has made little difference here. It’s business as usual... My (and my wife’s) personal journey’s probably didn’t change Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828401001732920598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-70309329098720353402018-12-15T17:39:20.091+01:002018-12-15T17:39:20.091+01:00Thank you for your answer. Sorry about the study t...Thank you for your answer. Sorry about the study tours as well, but I guess you're right, we do know enough about Infrastructure in the Netherlands by now, and if politicians wanted to listen, they could (I've transmitted the recent Dutch-Cycling-Vision brochure to our mayor....)<br />At the same time, if we really reacted immediately, as we should, there'd be far less need for marmotte27https://www.blogger.com/profile/13546042630903943203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-50678136940471323322018-12-15T13:24:41.586+01:002018-12-15T13:24:41.586+01:00Gentsracer, Kevin: You're both absolutely righ...Gentsracer, Kevin: You're both absolutely right that there's a conflict.<br /><br />What do we do ? Well we work from our home, we make almost all of our journeys by bike including those for the company, our employees are all vegan (i.e. Judy and I), we generate more electricity than we use.<br /><br />Ideally I'd like to think that my products could all be transported from the David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-7719033399609979012018-12-14T19:22:46.541+01:002018-12-14T19:22:46.541+01:00This is rather disappointing, as I had hoped to go...This is rather disappointing, as I had hoped to go onto David's study tour one day. And have been saving up for that purpose. <br /><br />In my opinion, the air transport for going on this tour can justify itself by inspiring and educating activists and politicians to push for proper Dutch style cycling infrastructure when they get home. As the proverb goes, "seeing is believing."Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-28380365091522081852018-12-14T17:04:42.399+01:002018-12-14T17:04:42.399+01:00Not wanting to crtitcize you, we can all obviously...Not wanting to crtitcize you, we can all obviously learn a lot from you and I admire the determination with which you act. But whayt about the banner underneath you post that says "Parts and accesories for all bikes shipped by us from Assen to the world" How do you solve that conundrum?marmotte27https://www.blogger.com/profile/13546042630903943203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-84515374093826042132018-12-14T12:50:36.054+01:002018-12-14T12:50:36.054+01:00Balazs: Sorry to both of you about confusing you w...Balazs: Sorry to both of you about confusing you with the author of the blog.<br /><br />There is much confusion about the speed of Dutch cyclists and several reasons why Dutch cyclists are perceived as being "slow" even though they're not:<br /><br />1. In the anglophone countries only a small percentage of people cycle and they tend to be those who are fit "cyclists" David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-28212292268237529102018-12-14T00:31:20.903+01:002018-12-14T00:31:20.903+01:00David, why don't you use Air Conditioner or si...David, why don't you use Air Conditioner or similar technology for heating? It seems more carbon neutral than burning gas.Edashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744206281185947840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-36936406793668424262018-12-13T23:33:18.789+01:002018-12-13T23:33:18.789+01:00Wait, that's not my blog! I don't claim S...Wait, that's not my blog! I don't claim Simon Vallée's work as my own.<br /><br />I tried not to sell cycling short, having read some of your blog, some of <a href="https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">BicycleDutch</a> and others. I forget quite where I read it, but it's stuck with me that average speeds in the Netherlands are <i>lower</i> than in Anglophone Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633972294862069716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-8675885130189453432018-12-13T18:26:45.465+01:002018-12-13T18:26:45.465+01:00Balazs: Thanks for your contribution.
I very much...Balazs: Thanks for your contribution.<br /><br />I very much agree with you about flexible demand. There are very many places where this could happen, even in domestic situations. For example, I suggested many years ago that refrigerators could automatically adjust their temperature to 1 or 2 C lower when the mains frequency rises above some threshold above the usual 50 Hz (in the EU we are David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-59970805916389999762018-12-13T15:22:09.407+01:002018-12-13T15:22:09.407+01:00"Do you also remember the 9th of October 2018..."Do you also remember the 9th of October 2018 ? That's the day when nothing out of the ordinary happened. Everyone carried on as usual, doing what they usually did, continuing to cause the problem that they'd been warned about one day before. It's been much the same every day since. Perhaps our grandchildren aren't important after all?"<br /><br />There is such a thing Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633972294862069716noreply@blogger.com