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Which company produces the most carbon neutral bikes?

I am assuming a German brand, with hand made tires.


 
Posted : 22/02/2016 3:56 pm
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Presumably a carbon framed one.


 
Posted : 22/02/2016 4:00 pm
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Mine must be carbon neutral, now i've stopped taking the helicopter the 6 miles in to the office


 
Posted : 22/02/2016 4:01 pm
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German, rholoff scwhwalbe tires


 
Posted : 22/02/2016 4:03 pm
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Seriously;

What does carbon neutral mean? They plant a lot of trees to offset the energy required to produce it, they use solar/wind power, they source materials locally?

there's so many variables that it's difficult to say.

A factory producing a million tyres a year on efficient, automated machinery may be more carbon neutral than a 'hand made' tyre - the human making the tyre has a huge carbon footprint during their working lifetime and that's supported/funded by the tyres they make...


 
Posted : 22/02/2016 4:06 pm
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Bamboo frame?


 
Posted : 22/02/2016 4:43 pm
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That's the answer...a process for extracting the CO2 from the air, removing the carbon, turning it into bikes and releasing lovely oxygen.


 
Posted : 22/02/2016 5:03 pm
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Yes you could probably find some models closer to carbon or greenhouse gas neutral but it's part of a wider context, as in how sustainable you are. Done some eco footprinting work with individuals who forget that one flight can wipe out all the other 'green' behaviours.


 
Posted : 22/02/2016 5:13 pm
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As above, carbon neutral is a crock of sh*t, it does not exist.

It is also not the only measure of sustainability. So many other pollutants, resources used, recyclability vs permanent pollutant, social issues etc.


 
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Posted : 22/02/2016 5:53 pm

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