On the same weekend as I wrote this, on the same weekend as

the storms continue to cause havoc, The Guardian, a relatively

enlightened UK newspaper, ran an article about the joys of

flying to New Zealand to go on a 15 km bike ride. Other

stories covered by the press include how long it will be until

flights to Florida will be able to resume. Are we going to

continue to ignore the problem that we're creating ?

While it's impossible to say that the storms which are currently affecting millions of peoples' lives are directly the result of man-made climate change, it's widely accepted that even if they are not so caused, climate change will certainly have made their effects worse The people affected by these storms are suffering at present and we can all do a little to help. In the Netherlands, the Rode Kruis is organising a help effort. Give what you can, but think also about how your personal behaviour can influence future weather patterns.None of us can continue with "business as usual". So far as transport is concerned, and transport is the subject of this blog, we need to reduce how much we use all motorised modes. Cycling can't "offset" motoring. It can't "offset" the burning of fossil fuels and there are no motorized modes which don't use fossil fuels. Are we, every one of us, individually, part of the solution or part of the problem ?