Comments on: Affected by a Recall, Try a Bike! http://ribike.org/2010/03/05/affected-by-a-recall-try-a-bike Working to make cycling in the Ocean State safer and more enjoyable for YOU Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Noman http://ribike.org/2010/03/05/affected-by-a-recall-try-a-bike/comment-page-1#comment-33663 Noman Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:50:50 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=1280#comment-33663 The Chinese are falling all over themselves to expand their automotive industry, because it's a bang up way to get powerful. This, of course, will accelerate the diminishing 1.5 trillion bbl of known reserve. You have about 10 years left, then oil will be tightly rationed only for industrial and military uses. Meanwhile, 2 more bike shops have recently closed. Bikes don't waste resources like cars, which means a small fraction of the prior economy will translate over. Doctors are already quitting their practices: too much paperwork because of health insurance. If they go rid of insurance, fees would instantly reduce. Makes no sense whatever. I pay more for insurance than I spend in care, since I ride but seldom drive. But should something catastrophic occur, hospital care could ruin you. So I wear a helmet. The Chinese are falling all over themselves to expand their automotive industry, because it’s a bang up way to get powerful. This, of course, will accelerate the diminishing 1.5 trillion bbl of known reserve. You have about 10 years left, then oil will be tightly rationed only for industrial and military uses.

Meanwhile, 2 more bike shops have recently closed. Bikes don’t waste resources like cars, which means a small fraction of the prior economy will translate over.

Doctors are already quitting their practices: too much paperwork because of health insurance. If they go rid of insurance, fees would instantly reduce. Makes no sense whatever. I pay more for insurance than I spend in care, since I ride but seldom drive. But should something catastrophic occur, hospital care could ruin you. So I wear a helmet.

]]> By: Dennis http://ribike.org/2010/03/05/affected-by-a-recall-try-a-bike/comment-page-1#comment-33661 Dennis Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:44:37 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=1280#comment-33661 ... and just imagine all the doctors put out of work. Less heart disease, diabetes. Yup, we don't want those cars to go away. … and just imagine all the doctors put out of work.

Less heart disease, diabetes. Yup, we don’t want those cars to go away.

]]> By: Dennis http://ribike.org/2010/03/05/affected-by-a-recall-try-a-bike/comment-page-1#comment-33660 Dennis Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:42:50 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=1280#comment-33660 25% of jobs related to automotive? And those would certainly all go away because there would be no more autos. I'd have to guess that folks would need a place to buy bikes, fix bikes, store bikes, customize bikes..... and there might just be a job or two in all of that. 25% of jobs related to automotive? And those would certainly all go away because there would be no more autos. I’d have to guess that folks would need a place to buy bikes, fix bikes, store bikes, customize bikes….. and there might just be a job or two in all of that.

]]> By: Noman http://ribike.org/2010/03/05/affected-by-a-recall-try-a-bike/comment-page-1#comment-33657 Noman Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:19:48 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=1280#comment-33657 As an industry insider for 30 years, I disagree with Evans. Toyotas were always rather sluggish performers in traffic and not as safe in crash tests, although they were certainly numerous and popular. Smaller vehicles are more likely to crush or fling victims. It's just physics. Official sources estimate that 1.25 million people die every year in traffic related accidents worldwide. This comes right out of your revenue into premiums, prices, and various forms of social welfare. The $7500/year estimated cost of motoring doesn't cover such hidden costs that you pay whether or not you drive yourself. Now where's your outrage? I think I'm made mine already known to a fault. But the real picture is far more complex, since 25% of jobs not government related are somehow related to automotive. If people stopped driving, economy would collapse overnight. And you think it's bad now? As an industry insider for 30 years, I disagree with Evans. Toyotas were always rather sluggish performers in traffic and not as safe in crash tests, although they were certainly numerous and popular. Smaller vehicles are more likely to crush or fling victims. It’s just physics.

Official sources estimate that 1.25 million people die every year in traffic related accidents worldwide. This comes right out of your revenue into premiums, prices, and various forms of social welfare. The $7500/year estimated cost of motoring doesn’t cover such hidden costs that you pay whether or not you drive yourself.

Now where’s your outrage? I think I’m made mine already known to a fault. But the real picture is far more complex, since 25% of jobs not government related are somehow related to automotive. If people stopped driving, economy would collapse overnight. And you think it’s bad now?

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