cross-posted from: 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.
You lost me once you started depending on people exercising even less to justify your emissions argument
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.
This is a dumb argument because exercise is good.
This is a dumb argument because exercise is good.