In Sedge Downing's article titled "Bikes", he talks about the soaring gas prices and the effects it is having on the american economy such as increased transportation and food cost. His advice on confronting this worsening problem is to use bikes as a mode of transportation. I agree with Sedge on using bikes as a way to help relieve the rising gas prices. Using bikes benefits society as a whole in several ways including more exercise and less pollution and noise. In reality if everyone did start riding there bikes it would really kill two birds with one stone, because not only is rising gas prices a major problem in the U.S right now, but we also have an obesity problem that is getting worse so everyone who did ride their bikes would get exercise just by traveling to their desired location. Not only would people be getting more exercise and saving money on gas, but riding bikes would also greatly reduce the amount of pollution in the air which is another plus. There are both pros and cons to this option, but in my opinion the pros greatly outweigh the cons, the only cons I can think of is increased travel time and the disabled not being able to ride bikes.
I think Sedge did a great job on this article as he addressed the problem, offered a solution, and used common sense and logic to explain his solution. In my opinion he did everything required and does not need to change anything about it.
