What a remarkable testament to the power of automaker advertising that something as banal as riding a bike gets people so upset.

Can you please not post flamebait? Bicycling (cyclists vs drivers vs pedestrians) turns out to be one of the most flamewar-prone topics that exists, and the flamewars are particularly dumb.

If you say so.

That's true but you can use electric bikes for those more hilly or hot places, take a look at Tel Aviv for example, everybody are on electric bikes or scooters even though the infrastructure there is much worst than in Copenhagen, but it is still better than a car.