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zzRider urteam's article
Nov 9, 2019 at 6:37
Nov 9, 2019
Polygon UR Team Aims to Reduce Their CO2 Output for the 2020 Season
@ybsurf: Grass-fed has less environmental impact, because it does not require the pesticide, fertiliser, fuel, etc., required to produce crops. Grass is also a natural diet for the animals. Grassland also has far, far more biodiversity than a field of crops, with little to no soil erosion in comparison. There would be no need for deforestation if human population numbers were not expanding. Not to mention the ~95% of carbon output that is not animal/manure based, but based on other human demands. They have also begun using biomethane from cow manure to fuel vehicles.
zzRider urteam's article
Nov 8, 2019 at 14:14
Nov 8, 2019
Polygon UR Team Aims to Reduce Their CO2 Output for the 2020 Season
@ybsurf: The greatest polluter by far is humanity and it's contemporary desires: fuel, electrical power, travel, all the unnecessary consumer shit you buy. 1.6 billion population in 1900, by 2100 there will be 11 billion. ~5% of carbon output is animal/manure based atm, and I would bet most/all of that is offset by the grass and woodland on farm.
Reduce human population, you reduce humanity's impact upon the environment. It's just so obvious.
zzRider urteam's article
Nov 8, 2019 at 12:20
Nov 8, 2019
Polygon UR Team Aims to Reduce Their CO2 Output for the 2020 Season
I can with confidence say the vast majority of British suckler beef and sheep, would be produced as ours, and as it has been similarly for generations. By villifying an entire industry, the ones to suffer will be traditional family farms.
I do agree ever growing human population numbers are a very serious problem.
zzRider urteam's article
Nov 8, 2019 at 11:00
Nov 8, 2019
Polygon UR Team Aims to Reduce Their CO2 Output for the 2020 Season
@Slabrung: quote: "they don't graze on meadows contrary to what the industry portrays". This is precisely how my animals and 90%+ are kept around here Devon, England, all year round for sheep, cattle are housed in winter but still fed grass based. It is you who is unfairly portraying things.
zzRider urteam's article
Nov 8, 2019 at 10:18
Nov 8, 2019
Polygon UR Team Aims to Reduce Their CO2 Output for the 2020 Season
On our family farm, nothing much has changed for hundreds of years, all animals are fed grass-based diet, grass absorbs carbon too, and are well cared for. I think you'd best look at what has changed in the recent past to heavily impact the environment: air travel, car travel, goods travelling about with your veg and fruit from overseas, central heating, air con, manufacturing tat, some buying a new phone every year, a tv in very room, etc. Etc. The list is endless, but unless you hypocritical self aggrandising vegans are Troglodytes growing your own fruit and veg, I and I'm sure many other omnivores would prefer you mind your own business, and let us eat as we prefer.
zzRider sarahmoore's article
Sep 1, 2019 at 3:06
Sep 1, 2019
Brook Macdonald Sustains Spinal Injury in Training Crash - Mont-Sainte-Anne DH World Champs 2019
Speedy recovery Brook. Thumbs up.
zzRider danielsapp's article
Sep 10, 2018 at 0:16
Sep 10, 2018
First Ride: Yeti's New SB130
“To make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.” - Mark Twain (from Tom Sawyer)
zzRider RichardCunningham's article
Jun 9, 2017 at 1:15
Jun 9, 2017
Pinkbike Poll: Either / Or... For Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6hnDX-Ba84 Take from this Gwin ~$500k, Minnaar ~$400k, the top-top guys earn plenty, but drops off fast.
zzRider astonmtb's article
Jun 5, 2017 at 15:10
Jun 5, 2017
May 2017 - Good Month or Bad Month?
This is going to be contentious, but reportedly Gee's crash was caused by his big wheel hitting his ass and bucking him over the bars: https://youtu.be/y7LWsZdIyM8?t=1m38s I appreciate this can happen with smaller wheels too of course, but thought it adds to the debate.
IMO the differences are marginal, and any talk of seconds difference per minute of racing is hype and marketing, based on the results so far. Just wait till Gwin or Loic win (potentially) in Leogang. Time will tell. :)
zzRider pinkbikeaudience's article
Jun 5, 2017 at 11:46
Jun 5, 2017
WynTV: Post-Race Interviews - Fort William DH World Cup
So, if you have an opinion, and it doesn't match popular opinion on pinkbike, keep your mouth shut?
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