More signs & wonders

On 2007-08-10, Theo Bekkers (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
cfsmtb wrote:
Getting people out from behind the steering wheel and onto a pushbike
would help combat climate change, obesity, road congestion and rising
fuel costs, he said.

Ahh, so fuel will be cheaper if less people use it then?

I thought that being the eminent business person that you are, you'd
understand supply vs demand issues.

--
TimC
Information wants to be beer, or something like that. --unknown

On Aug 9, 7:08 pm, cfsmtb cfsmtb.2v1...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:


Herald Sun: Get on your bike, says Abbotthttp://tinyurl.com/2gflpn

Australians will be happier and healthier if they ditch the car in
favour of a bicycle for short trips, according to federal Health
Minister Tony Abbott.

But that will happen only if more money is spent building better
cycling infrastructure, he said.

Mr Abbott was speaking at the launch of the cycling industry's new
discussion paper, entitled Cycling - Moving Australia Forward - at
Parliament House in Canberra.

Members of Australia's main bicycle organisations and lobby groups
swapped lycra and helmets for suits and dresses to attend the launch,
using the occasion to hand the government a list of demands prior to
the federal election.

Among them, cyclists want more money for new bike paths and
commonwealth funding for its national "ride to work" and "ride to
school" days.

Mr Abbott announced a $30,000 grant for the Cycling Promotion Fund to
investigate how people can be encouraged to make the switch from four
wheels to two.

More people taking up cycling could "improve the quality of our cities
... our own health and ... our personal lives", he said.

Mr Abbott said 50 years ago Australians commonly used bikes as their
ordinary means of transport.

"Ten per cent of urban journeys were made by bike in 1950," Mr Abbott
said.

"Today, less than one per cent of urban journeys are made by bike.

"Fifty per cent of all car journeys are of less than five kilometres'
duration, which means that there is considerable potential for at least
some of those journeys to be made safely and in a much healthier way by
bike."

Mr Abbott also said major new roads should accommodate cyclists "either
with dedicated bike paths or with shoulders that are wide enough to give
cyclists the safety and security they deserve".

Bicycle Industries Australia chairman Noel McFarlane listed four "big
reasons" why governments should embrace cycling.

Getting people out from behind the steering wheel and onto a pushbike
would help combat climate change, obesity, road congestion and rising
fuel costs, he said.

"The upcoming federal election is an opportunity for the country to
embrace the benefits that the bicycle offers," Mr McFarlane said.

--
cfsmtb

A few of my friends mentioned the Monk as a participant in last year's
Hartley Challenge. I believe he's also a regular with the
parliamentary cycling group.

TimC wrote:
Theo Bekkers wrote

Ahh, so fuel will be cheaper if less people use it then?

I thought that being the eminent business person that you are, you'd
understand supply vs demand issues.

The fuel companies are currently telling us that diesel at the pump is more
costly to supply because fewer cars use diesel. It follows that if we had a
decent size diesel passenger car fleet, the price of diesel would be 2/3 the
price of petrol, as it is in Singapore and Europe.

I mean, would fuel companies lie to me?

Theo

On Aug 11, 2:44 pm, TimC -
astro.swin.edu.au wrote:
On 2007-08-10, Theo Bekkers (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

cfsmtb wrote:
Getting people out from behind the steering wheel and onto a pushbike
would help combat climate change, obesity, road congestion and rising
fuel costs, he said.

Ahh, so fuel will be cheaper if less people use it then?

I thought that being the eminent business person that you are, you'd
understand supply vs demand issues.

--
TimC
Information wants to be beer, or something like that. --unknown

Using less petrol definitely affects an individuals fuel costs!

"Theo Bekkers" wrote in message
...
: TimC wrote:
: Theo Bekkers wrote
:
: Ahh, so fuel will be cheaper if less people use it then?
:
: I thought that being the eminent business person that you are, you'd
: understand supply vs demand issues.
:
: The fuel companies are currently telling us that diesel at the pump is
more
: costly to supply because fewer cars use diesel. It follows that if we had
a
: decent size diesel passenger car fleet, the price of diesel would be 2/3
the
: price of petrol, as it is in Singapore and Europe.

while in Italy, Ireland and the UK in June
we were quite fascinated to note
that the difference in price
between unleaded and diesel
was negligible ...


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