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Bicycle Commuting Counts
Michael Bordenaro, 21 February 2011, Momentum Planet - News
Image : Bicycle Commuting Presentation Article - Sample Worksheet - CO2 Displacement
This worksheet shows the potential reduced greenhouse gas emissions from bicycle commuting. Of the 130 staff who live less than 15 miles from the office, if five percent bike to work half the time, they will displace 5,740 pounds of carbon dioxide from the air.
Bicycle enthusiast and building industry software executive Robert Anderson demonstrated how existing technology can assist in measuring and reporting the positive benefits of bicycle commuting at a Washington DC convention in December 2010.
Momentum Magazine featured Anderson in an article on the health benefits of bicycle commuting in the summer of 2010. The article prompted Anderson to outline a repeatable, entertaining way for bicycle enthusiasts to respond to a presidential mission comparable to putting a man on the moon. President Obama's Executive Order 13514 builds on a similar order from President George W. Bush. Combined they call for seemingly impossible reductions in energy use, water use and greenhouse gas emissions.
However, Anderson and others demonstrated how existing technology can be used to achieve the seemingly impossible task of reporting all Federal Agency greenhouse gas reductions from bicycle commuting.
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