Climate challange - Cape Town to Durban via Johannesburg

Well-known sustainability expert and editor of Bending the Curve, Robert Zipplies, in partnership with Project 90 by 2030, undertook an epic 3000 km journey on an eZee electric bicycle by cycling from Cape Town to Durban via Johannesburg and Pretoria. The objective of the Climate Challenge was to raise awareness and to challenge South Africans to reduce their personal carbon emission. He and the team left Cape Town on 6 November and completed the Challenge in Durban on 5 December, two days before Copenhagen climate negotiations began.
The Bike consumed 24kWh of electricity which translates in around 80c/kWh (R19,20) and produced 24kg of CO2. The same trip in a small petrol driven car would have produced 550kg CO2 and would have costed almost R2000 in fuel. More...