Monday, September 21, 2020


One Device Helps Meet Two Encinitas Climate Change Mitigation Goals 

Walk and ride at the same time! 

Who would have thought that two activities that relieve climate change could be combined in one device? With an elliptical bike, you can double your reduction of greenhouse gas emissions! 

There is a broad consensus among climate scientists that climate change is real and largely caused by human habitation. They point to overwhelming evidence to support that assertion. 

Some say necessity in the mother of invention. Sociologists contend that view is too narrow. They say the existing culture base is the fertile soil from which invention grows. 

Of course, walking has been with us since we became erect and bipedal. The bicycle didn’t come along until the mid-1800s. Then the elliptical bicycle was introduced in the early 2000s. 

That line of development supports sociologists’ contention that the existing culture base is the mother of invention. But if an exercise and transportation device can mitigate climate change, why quibble with how it came about? 

In recent years, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging walking and bicycling has been a principal part of the Encinitas Climate Action Plan. Elliptical bicycles can speed the city’s success.