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An American has said cycling is bad for the environment. He also said cyclists should pay a to ride their bikes on the roads. Ed Orcutt, a representative from Washington State, sent an e-mail to the of a local bike shop to outline his thinking. He wrote: "A cyclist has an increased rate and respiration. That that the act of riding a bike in greater emissions of carbon dioxide from the rider. Since CO2 is…a gas…cyclists are polluting when they ride." Mr Orcutt said: “You can’t just say that there’s no as a result of riding a bicycle….You would be giving more CO2 if you are riding a bike than driving in a car.”

Mr Orcutt also believes cyclists should be to use the roads. He said it was unfair that have to pay all of the costs of building and roads. He wrote: "Currently motorists are paying to use their cars on the roads…so if cars pay for the roads they are using, it only makes that bicyclists would also be to pay for the roads they use when they are actually biking on them." Dale Carlson, owner of the Tech Bike Shop said Mr Orcutt's ideas were . He wrote: "People who to ride a bicycle instead of driving a car actively reduce ." He added: "They save and tear on our roads and bridges, and reduce the [ for police] to patrol our highways."

 


 
 

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