More reasons to drive less

According to the most accurate real-time carbon counter out there, carbon is being released into the atmosphere at a rate of 800 tonnes per second. That adds up to 3,642,295,260,000 (that's over 3 trillion) tonnes and counting, as of right now as I'm writing this. To put it in perspective, 3 trillion seconds is 100,000 years. That's a lot of carbon. That's also a lot of warming of the atmosphere. And as we know, excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can cause severe weather such as more severe hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and droughts.

Two more reasons are views like these:





While drivers are isolated from everything around them in their steel cages, riding a bike lets you feel the wind in your hair, hear the birds chirping, and see beautiful sights like this that drivers would miss as they're zipping by, thinking about what they're going to have for dinner or talking on their cell phones.