The ranking Republican member on Washington state's House Transportation Committee thinks that riding bicycles causes more pollution than driving cars, the Seattle Bike Blog reported Saturday. "If I am not mistaken, a cyclists [sic] has an increased heart rate and respiration," state Rep. Ed Orcutt (R) wrote to a constituent. "That means that the act of riding a bike results in greater emissions of carbon dioxide from the rider. Since CO2 is deemed to be a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, bicyclists are actually polluting when they ride." read more
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