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Weight training is very nice for muscle growth and all, but have you tried cycling as a healthy cardio alternative?
If almost a third of trips are less than a mile I feel like the cars are being overused... I am not dismissing the legitimate reasons like rain or carrying kids, although umbrellas and covered strollers have been invented, but I doubt that contributes much to that statistic. If I were to guess, many of these short trips are to the closest mcdonald's drive-through, but regardless.
If gas prices weren't so low(because the US spread freedom to every oil rich country to ensure that), I am pretty sure these statistics would look a lot different. I am sure the urban planning and missing sidewalks don't help, but if fuel was more expensive there would be a lot more people walking, therefore creating incentive for a change.
Pulling things out of context I see... That thread was about supply and demand being unbalanced leading to scalping.
It doesn't matter if it's cars, GPUs, PS5s or <insert item not in stock>. It's how economy works.
Because for the half of people that take longer trips some might consider bikes unsuitable.
And for the half that does take short trips I doubt they would care or even consider it, just like you.
But I guess that's enough offtopic for this thread.
So if you want to take the car out for a 2km trip go for it, as for me 8'll just walk it, I don't mind a bit of rain or snow as I specifically chose a city that is walkable so I got all I need in 30 mins walking distance or bus ride. I don't even need a car inside the city unless grabbing something heavier from the supply store, but even for that I can go see the item in the store and they will deliver it. Definetly not a daily thing tho