2y ago

The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

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Something smaller using less energy? Shocking.
- And affordable.
  
  And better for your health to use.
All I ask is an e-bike and a path to ride her by.
- If they could combine that with weather protection and more public transportation the car might finally die that final sweet death.
  
  Weather protection comes with a good jacket you can buy with the money you dont spend on cars.
  I rode in all weather for years. Rain or shine, you really do get used to it.
  
  I wish i could also move more people with me on the bicycle
  It would also be great if there was some sort of heater/AC in it as well
- And a small distance to my destination. When my previous job was 8 km from home, I could do the journey in half an hour on a Xiaomi M365 e-scooter, very popular in Poland. But unfortunately our company was absorbed by another one, with office 16 km away, which means prohibitively long (for my sleep-deprived ass) 55 minute commute. And no, public transit doesn't make it shorter. So a motorcycle driving license it is.
And the fact that car prices keep climbing because capitalism demands infinite growth or death.
- 90% of our bike infrastructure now...... Isn't.
  I'm not counting 1.5 feet on the edge of travel lanes where people are going 50 mph as bike infrastructure 🤷
I wonder what the effect of the estimated 1 billion regular bicycles is on cutting demand for oil?
https://www.bicycle-guider.com/bike-facts-stats/
- I completely agree that electric motorcycles don't belong on bicycle paths. However, Class 2 e-bikes aren't motorcycles.

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