2026-09-20 08:42 UTC
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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 08:47
…When oil affordability really drops off a cliff – and it will – bikes will suffer too. But because there is a lot less to maintain, and because they are mechanically simple, they’ll remain viable longer. For how long, who can say. But the age of the automobile is dying. It just doesn’t know it yet #bikemaxxing #bikeTooter
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@davva23@kolektiva.social 2026-09-20 09:24
@urlyman@mastodon.social Nice hashtag! When it comes to efficiency of energy and use of space the bicycle wins hands down over cars. I've not seen the 1/20th stat on road wear though. The only thing I've seen previously about road wear is the "Fourth Power Law". If it holds for bicycles, a 1000kg car causes 10000 than an 100kg bike and rider (if my math is right) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law
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@wlukewindsor@c.im 2026-09-20 09:43
@urlyman@mastodon.social this is why Mad Max is an entertaining fantasy/satire not a prediction - the future is bikes and it’s significant and telling that there are none in the mad max future timeline (to include them would dilute the commentary on gas-mania)
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@camerontw@social.coop 2026-09-20 10:30
@urlyman@mastodon.social important thread - tangential response: the Vales wrote a book called _Time to Eat the Dog_ in which they did lots of dubious carbon calculations: one in relation to bikes being food-powered was that a hamburger eating cyclist going 1km is more carbon intense than a vegetarian driving an ICE vehicle 1km, or something like that https://www.amazon.com.au/Time-Eat-Dog-Brenda-Vale/dp/0500287902