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Man Builds His Own Subway
jerryjamesstone writes "Everybody is into rail these days; it is the greenest way to get around next to a bike. Leonid Mulyanchik has been into it for years since before the Berlin Wall fell, since before the first Macintosh, building his own private underground Metro railway system. English-Russia says that he has been doing it with his pension, that it is all legal and approved and that he is still at it. Gizmodo calls it 'Partly the traditional, inspiring, one man against all odds type of persistence, but more the obsessive, borderline insane persistence.'"
Update: 06/02 07:33 GMT by T : And if you're the type to visit Burning Man, you can actually ride a home-made monorail this summer, too.
You sure about that? What about the environmental cost of growing more food for the biker to do his biking?
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All the bicyclists I've see are Stupid assholes, who deserve what they get. They blow through blind stop signs and red lights. They ride all the way across the road. A road BTW that is barely wide enough for two cars going in opposite directions and is full of potholes.
Bicyclists are supposed to follow the rules of the road, and if they don't bother to follow the rules that are supposed to keep them safe, why should I give a shit when a 4000 lb vehicle wins? BTW, I shoot back.
Oh Crap, I'm an optimist.....
But: If you produce something, lets say you're a scupltor, or you breed dogs, whatever. When you sell that item, its going to be shipped. You and your bike aren't going to be delivering any sculpture more than a few hundred yards. Bikes are nice. You cant ship a few thousand tons of goods very far on them. Pound for pound, that train is Way more green than any smugfuck on his bike.