E-bikes are kicking ass and taking names
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/3070651 [https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/3070651] > “Electric bikes are more than 10x more efficient than electric passenger cars, meaning the same amount of battery needed for a 20-mile commute in an electric car could power an e-bike for over 200 miles”
Electric cars only have about half the total lifecycle emissions as gas cars, given today’s grid.
Electric bikes are remarkably green - they have even lower emissions than regular bikes, accounting for the extra calories you need to eat to pedal.
They do, however, require safer biking infrastructure and more mixed-use zoning to become a more practical option for many.
Electric bikes are generally pedal assist. They require you to pedal, but make it as easy to pedal up a hill as to go on a flat street.
They’re less exercise vs a regular bike, but you still get a good bit of exercise. Perhaps more exercise, if the e-bike causes you to bike something you would have driven instead.
they have even lower emissions than regular bikes, accounting for the extra calories you need to eat to pedal.
This is a dumb argument because exercise is good.
they have even lower emissions than regular bikes, accounting for the extra calories you need to eat to pedal.
This is a dumb argument because exercise is good.
I’m trying to reduce my car usage for my 40 km daily commute, and it also has helped me a lot in the health department.
So far i’m averaging two or three times a week.
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