Yes, I know. Everything is set up right now for gas powered vehicles. I know it would be hard at first. But, think of how much money we will save, how much more independent we would have, how much healthier we would be. If anything, think of how hot our women would be. (this obviously coming from an American)

I agree that a lot of the inventions our society has come up with are detrimental, but not all of them. Biking doesn't make people more lazy, it makes them faster. In fact, whenever I bike somewhere, I tend to work a lot harder than I normally do walking because I like going fast.

I'm favoring this one because of the last paragraph. This smart guy is gonna try again, because there are many things that need to change before this does. This wouldn't be a drastic change if the infrastructure of a clean mass transit was in place already. Thanks for showing me that I'm getting ahead of myself. I dub thee the Winnar for now.

I really need some sleep too

I totally agree with you :p

Yes, with exceptions such as ambulances, a trip to the ER, etc.

Yes. I like riding my bike...

Who wouldn't?

While in theory it would be wonderful, it wouldn't work in practice, due to points Time2Golf has already stated.

Maybe instead of giving the roads to cyclists, we give them to trains or busses. That would solve a lot of traffic problems, and be better for the environment.

Yes, but we should rid of all technology. We become weaker and weaker as a race with all these aids. When we take medicines our bodies stop producing the necessary antibodies and we become dependent. Inhalers make people w/ asthma acceptable mates and thus we pass on these and other ailments making our species weaker w/ each generation. Cars/internet/any sort of 'convience' only makes us lazier.

Of course, this is human nature and therefore my argument is pointless. Boy do I love tangents ;)

Yeah, you're definitely right, but if one were to take my stance then biking would never have existed. The most supreme natural being (without tools of any sort) would survive and produce. However, that is completely disregarding the human brain which is really the most valuable and the reason all these inventions have come about regardless of the said reprucussions. It is evident that brains, as opposed to braun has increasingly more influence in selecting mates nowadays.

Really, I agree w/ you, but I don't think there are any other questions where I could make such a tangent as this.

Now that I got my whole (really pointless) argument out of the way, I'll say that we would be better off with bikes on the road, but it would be increasingly difficult to make longer treks. For instance, my brother works about 30 miles away from his home and it would be impossible for him to make the commute on a bike. So it would be better in some ways, but extremely inefficient and impractical when taking into account the distances many people travel today.

HOWEVER lol, if this were implemented maybe this would benefit local economies by keeping jobs closer to home...there are many, many other factors involved. I don't think it would be possible to implement. =)

I've always been intrigued by the thought of where our evolution might have gone if we didn't pursue any kind of technology. We could be telepaths by now! But, we didn't.

We have dug ourselves a nice big technological hole. I say we find as many ways of climbing out of it as possible. If your job and your home are too far, get a new job, or get a new home. I know thats not easy the way things are set up now. But, if this was what everyone was working for, I'm sure we could make it work somehow.

Telepaths! Very true....or extinct. I don't think other species would share our enthusiasm in this pursuit.

I really, really agree with you! If this were a common goal, it would definitely be possible, but not without casualty or discomfort. For instance, unless those with unfavorable hereditary traits were banned from sex, we would never be able to get out of this "technological hole".

Again as much as I agree with you I still must say "try again smart guy" in relation to the question. Should we? No, because there are many more people with said ailments, disabilities (physical/mental) than not.

I think the only way to get out this technological hole would be to kill off all the imperfect ones. But I'm sure we'd (or they, I'm sure I'm not in that group) still mess it up somehow and I'm also pretty sure no one's in that group.

Unfortunately a topic such as this could only be considered in a theoretical sense because a change as drastic as this would be impossible to implement.

This is not practical due to the need of many people to travel further then they could realistically ride a bicycle. If you live in Connecticut but need to get to NYC for work everyday it is completely impractical to drive there. I do think it's a pretty good idea, but due to it's impracticality I'm going to have to say, "Try again, smart guy".

Yeah I agree it is impractical, but also because the lobbyists in Detroit would not allow it.. and the government would never let the car companies go out of business... no matter how much damage to the environment were are doing.

pfft, no. we created automobiles cause we needed to get to far distances in short time WITHOUT dying.