Some fine yellow journalism in this one. If we limit the out put to humans then Orcutt is completely correct and he answered the question correctly but when the CO2 of the car is added in all bets are off. You liberals will grasp ant any straw to make republicans look like idiots. It much easier for us, when we want to make Democrats look stupid we just watch the news.

Reached for comment, Orcutt told Seattle Bike Blog that "you would be giving off more CO2 if you are riding a bike than driving in a car," although he admitted to having no evidence to back the claim.

#4 | POSTED BY ZATOICHI

You can confuse the argument all you want but there are a couple facts

CO2 is exhaled by humans

The amount of CO2 exhaled is related to the breathing rate

The breathing rate is related to physical activity

Riding a bicycle is more physical than driving a car.

ergo riding a bicycle generates more CO2 than the action of driving a car.

#7 | POSTED BY ZATOICHI

The source for the CO2 is not the subject of Orcutt's comments. A smart person would be able to see that.

#9 | POSTED BY HARRY_POWELL

It's better to stay silent and look a fool, rather than speak and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain

#14 | POSTED BY SULLY

Go ahead smart guy prove me wrong and show that Orcutt's statement is wrong. Always interested in seeing the reasoning and deduction capabilities of the modern liberal mind.

#15 | POSTED BY NULLIFIDIAN

Har Har.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

#23 | POSTED BY SULLY

So I guess from your non answer you can't dispute my reaction to this article.

Sorry about the liberal thing.

I let that go because he thinks he's a conservative even though he's a Republican supporter and the Republicans are not conservatives.
#25 | POSTED BY SULLY

If you have been paying attention I have been beating that drum for years now.

Then what's the point of the comparison?

#27 | POSTED BY CHIEFTUTMOSES

The amount of the CO2 released while riding a bike vs the CO2 released while driving a car.

Orcutt wrote: "If I am not mistaken, a cyclists [sic] has an increased heart rate and respiration. That means that the act of riding a bike results in greater emissions of carbon dioxide from the rider. "

Keep digging.
#29 | POSTED BY 726

Under what kind of warped liberal logic can you posabbly dispute that statement

#33 | POSTED BY SULLY

Reread the posts on this. There is no possible way for you to dispute my comments. The source of the CO2 was not an issue in Orcutt's statement.

#34 | POSTED BY HAGBARD_CELINE

It's real simple Hagbard, take my words and prove me wrong. If any one does that I'll apologize for my error and slink away.

#37 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

No he not comparing the car exhaust to CO2 from physical exercise.

Orcutt wrote: "If I am not mistaken, a cyclists [sic] has an increased heart rate and respiration. That means that the act of riding a bike results in greater emissions of carbon dioxide from the rider. "

A great insight into the liberal mind. Just make stuff up and repeat it often enough and it becomes the truth.

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
Joseph Goebbels

#39 | POSTED BY PORTSIDE

The tail pipe was never part of the statement!

#40 | POSTED BY CHIEFTUTMOSES

Nice try.

I'm not sure what all the lib hissy fit here is all about. This is YOUR kind of guy. Rep. Ed Orcutt is attempting to raise taxes by pointing out that cyclists release CO2? This is a lib dream. More taxes and less CO2.

WA rep says tax bike sales, cyclists add to pollution

OLYMPIA, Wash. – A Washington state representative who serves as a ranking Republican on the State Transportation Committee may be an unlikely proponent of a tax that would require everyone who buys a bike for more than $500 to pay a $25 fee.

#51 | POSTED BY PORTSIDE

Now that's just not nice.

#54 | POSTED BY SULLY

I know I'm coming off like DANFORTH here but I started out defending Rep. Orcutt exact statement as truthful and no one here has made their case otherwise.

Was it a reasonable comparison? probably not but I suspect considering the law that most likely brought this on I suspect Rep. Orcutt was making a statement based on the following law.

Gas, car-tab taxes drive House Dems' transportation plan
OLYMPIA -- House Democrats rolled out a nearly $10 billion transportation package Wednesday that would boost taxes on gasoline, increase car tabs and even charge a bicycle fee to raise money.

There's even a $25 sales fee on bicycles worth $500 or more that would raise $1 million over 10 years, a nod to motorists who complain that bicyclists don't pay their fair share.

See this is where Liberal are clearly superior to Republicans (and some conservatives), liberals can stay on message and beat this idiot republican into not even standing behind the simple obvious truth that someone doing physical output produces more CO2 than someone sitting on their butt driving a car. Democrats who are the ones who proposed the $25.00 bike tax walk away unscathed. Ain't America a wonderful country!

Lawmaker apologizes for saying bicyclists pollute -- by breathing
State Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, shifted gears Monday morning, apologizing for telling a bike-shop owner last week that bicyclists create carbon pollution, simply by exhaling.

"First of all, let me apologize for the carbon emissions line of an e-mail which has caused so much concern within the bicycle community. It was over the top and I admit is not one which should enter into the conversation regarding bicycles," read Orcutt's Monday email to Seattle Bike Blog.

#67 | POSTED BY 1EYEDMAN

I straighten out you libs for free every chance I get.