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In response to the posting on "Are bikes really less polluting:"

I need to point something out in relation to the somewhat idealistic
concept of having a world which doesn't seem to have any form of auto-
mated transportation at all:
WE LIVE IN CANADA, A SEMI-ARCTIC CLIMATE.
This may seem somewhat irrelavent, but there are two main reasons why I
bring this up:
The first is that in a country of this size, it is necessary to have some
forms of inter-city transport, and while bikes do the trick, they turn a
trip from Edmonton to Vancouver into a couple of weeks long trip, rather 
than two days.
The second reason is that in this part of the country, the option of riding
all through the year is limited to those of a particularly hearty stature.
Having lived on Vancouver Island for two years, and having spent most of my
time there riding my bike the seven miles to work, I am familiar with the 
possibilities of pleasurable, non-poluting modes of transport.  Living now
in the near North, I can safely say that this is an option, but one which 
poses some dangers:  hypothermia, frost-bite, exposure, etc.
Some people can withstand these tempuratures, but some can not.
This is just a little note to point out the dangers of going too far in our
attempts to make the world more environmentally sound.  We need to take our
climate and conditions into account as well.