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The dilemma is clear: BIKES OR WWIII!?         


Author: donquijote1954
Date: May 25, 2008 10:12

"In the Third World they have one priority: SURVIVAL. Basic food and
basic transportation, ie the bike. Their elites, though, carefully
groomed by the First World, drive SUVs...

So we can emphasize there that they won't have to work as hard as in
the First World, or that THE BICYCLE IS THE VEHICLE OF FREEDOM."

On May 23, 1:43 pm, DennisTheBald gmail.com> wrote:
> From a global perspective the best numbers I can come up with are a
> good twenty years old:
> 400,000,000 automobiles (roughly half...
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Re: The dilemma is clear: BIKES OR WWIII!?         


Author: Markku Grönroos
Date: May 25, 2008 10:13

"donquijote1954" hotmail.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:cd38ce57-4481-4360-9b05-24e9dbd9cb6a@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> "In the Third World they have one priority: SURVIVAL. Basic food and
> basic transportation, ie the bike. Their elites, though, carefully
> groomed by the First World, drive SUVs...
>
> So we can emphasize there that they won't have to work as hard as in
> the First World, or that THE BICYCLE IS THE VEHICLE OF FREEDOM."
>
>
> On May 23, 1:43 pm, DennisTheBald gmail.com> wrote:
>> From a global perspective the best numbers I can come up with are a
>> good twenty years old:
>> 400,000,000 automobiles (roughly half in the USofA)
>> 1,200,000,000 bicycles
>>
>> Even if you incorrectly assume that all the motoring people have not
>> also a bike (which seems very unlikely to someone that owns several of
>> both) There is still about 3.5.billion people that ain't got no wheels
>> what so ever. No wonder peoples are starving, they ain't got no means ...
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Re: The dilemma is clear: BIKES OR WWIII!?         


Author: free.tuneup
Date: May 25, 2008 11:54

On May 25, 12:13 pm, Markku Grönroos wrote:
> "donquijote1954" hotmail.com> kirjoitti
> viestissä:cd38ce57-4481-4360-9b05-24e9dbd9c...@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>> "In the Third World they have one priority: SURVIVAL. Basic food and
>> basic transportation, ie the bike. Their elites, though, carefully
>> groomed by the First World, drive SUVs...
>
>> So we can emphasize there that they won't have to work as hard as in
>> the First World, or that THE BICYCLE IS THE VEHICLE OF FREEDOM."
>
>> On May 23, 1:43 pm, DennisTheBald gmail.com> wrote:
>>> From a global perspective the best numbers I can come up with are a
>>> good twenty years old:
>>> 400,000,000 automobiles (roughly half in the USofA)
>>> 1,200,000,000 bicycles
>
>>> Even if you incorrectly assume that all the motoring people have not
>>> also a bike (which seems very unlikely to someone that owns several of
>>> both) There is still about 3.5.billion people that ain't got no wheels ...
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Re: The dilemma is clear: BIKES OR WWIII!?         


Author: ComandanteBanana
Date: May 26, 2008 07:50

On May 25, 2:54 pm, "free.tun...@gmail.com" gmail.com>
wrote:
> On May 25, 12:13 pm, Markku Grönroos wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>> "donquijote1954" hotmail.com> kirjoitti
>> viestissä:cd38ce57-4481-4360-9b05-24e9dbd9c...@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>>> "In the Third World they have one priority: SURVIVAL. Basic food and
>>> basic transportation, ie the bike. Their elites, though, carefully
>>> groomed by the First World, drive SUVs...
>
>>> So we can emphasize there that they won't have to work as hard as in
>>> the First World, or that THE BICYCLE IS THE VEHICLE OF FREEDOM."
>
>>> On May 23, 1:43 pm, DennisTheBald gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> From a global perspective the best numbers I can come up with are a ...
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