Comments on: Google’s Sexy Bicycle Giveaways and Africa’s Versatile Bike Trucks http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/googles-sexy-bicycle-giveaways-and-africas-versatile-bike-trucks/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: San Francisco Leads Effort Among Cities To Get Commuters Off The Highways And Onto Mass Transit http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/googles-sexy-bicycle-giveaways-and-africas-versatile-bike-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-55985 San Francisco Leads Effort Among Cities To Get Commuters Off The Highways And Onto Mass Transit Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:26:17 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1105#comment-55985 [...] company bicycles for on-campus and off-site meeting commuting on its Mountain View, CA campus, and, free, company-branded bikes for some employees in its Europe, Middle East, and Africa offices. The company also makes a donation [...] [...] company bicycles for on-campus and off-site meeting commuting on its Mountain View, CA campus, and, free, company-branded bikes for some employees in its Europe, Middle East, and Africa offices. The company also makes a donation [...]

]]> By: RideTHISbike.com http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/googles-sexy-bicycle-giveaways-and-africas-versatile-bike-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-55983 RideTHISbike.com Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:09:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1105#comment-55983 Google's green gesture of giving away bikes was great; however, with oil currently at $130+ per barrel, I foresee many people turning to bikes out of necessity (if they haven't already). For example, if you're on an income of USD $40/mth (and billions of people are), buying just a gallon of gas will consume over 10% of your income. Perhaps a good program to help the poor would be to provide micro loans for the purchase of a practical and versatile bicycle... Google’s green gesture of giving away bikes was great; however, with oil currently at $130+ per barrel, I foresee many people turning to bikes out of necessity (if they haven’t already).

For example, if you’re on an income of USD $40/mth (and billions of people are), buying just a gallon of gas will consume over 10% of your income.

Perhaps a good program to help the poor would be to provide micro loans for the purchase of a practical and versatile bicycle…

]]> By: siouxgeonz http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/06/12/googles-sexy-bicycle-giveaways-and-africas-versatile-bike-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-55984 siouxgeonz Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:32:14 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1105#comment-55984 If Google had offered Xtracycles, it would be the best of both worlds :) If Google had offered Xtracycles, it would be the best of both worlds :)

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