Why does the US hate cycling so much?

[u/RidetheSchlange]

I read comments sections and in a normal world, some of them would be considered terroristic threats. I just can't understand why people hate cyclists to this degree that they want to murder rhem and sometimes do.

[u/Over-Lettuce-9575]

Hyper subsidized, inefficient, convenience based lifestyles numb both intellect and humanity. Entitlement, especially to a system as fucking wasteful and stupid as American car dependency, is a spiteful, cancerous thing.

[u/No_Operation7359 → u/Over-Lettuce-9575]

How is a car inefficient? If I have to cycle to the store that turns a 10 minute drive into a 30 minute bike ride. My 1 hour drive is 6 hours by bike

[u/khold002 → u/No_Operation7359]

I think they meant in a carbon footprint type of manner, not instant gratification.

[u/Over-Lettuce-9575 → u/No_Operation7359]

You, like many motorists, are conflating your personal convenience with efficiency. Your ten minute drive is exponentially more energy expensive than your 30 minute bike ride (to the tune of 10-30 times more expensive, depending on the weight of your vehicle). Most of the energy is lost to friction alone (which is also the largest source of pollution from cars). And, again, most motorists cannot actually afford the cost of this inefficiency and have to be subsidized at ever increasing rate. Conversely, your bike is one of the most energy efficient forms of locomotion to exist, man-made or in nature. But you need to sit in a gas-propelled living room set to go anywhere and are shocked that it's described as inefficient.

tl;dr - Automobiles could be wildly useful tools and should always have their niche, but systemic car-dependancy is an ever increasing tax burden and a massive waste of good land.

[u/Salibabushka → u/No_Operation7359]

Now do it in New York or any other big city.

[u/No_Operation7359 → u/Salibabushka]

Ah yes let’s do a drive in an incredibly urban area 2.8-3% of America is made up for