Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6 kilometres each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, the study suggests, annual global carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Netherlands is also very densely populated. you can’t get the same near-distance mobility in most rural regions, and that’s where about half of the world population lives btw.
Plenty of rural areas including in the Netherlands maintain walkability. What you’re referring to is the practice of homesteading in the U.S. and Canada. Rural areas are different in different parts of the world.