eBikes would be best vehicle during apocalypse, right? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/micromobility@lemmy.world

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Since gasoline because unusable after awhile, most cars will become obstacles and block up roads.

So we of course want something that can zip around the roads!

The main advantages I see are:

Peddle when out of juice
Peddling charges the batteries, so in an emergency you can turn on the battery
The batteries can reasonably be charged by solar panels that a lot of houses have.
Gets around all the blocked roads.
Generally easier to repair.
The distance travelled on a full battery is absurd

I don't expect any movies to put their heroes on an eBike, but they should!

IDK just thought you'd appreciate my dumb thought XD Any other reasons why during an apocalypse you should find an ebike?

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[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

require no spare parts

IIRC a horse with a broken leg is not self-repairing but beyond repair.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

Any vehicle that's beyond repair is beyond repair.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 5 points 3 months ago

The threshold to reach there is different. I can replace my bicycle rim and tyre when it's mangled, i can't replace horse leg when it's broken.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

What I'm saying is that horses with broken legs - and they break relatively easily - never heal fully, hence people shooting racehorses after they fall even once.

Not that I don't think it is cruel, mind you.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Be cruel not to shoot them. The pain of the initial surgery aside, you have to suspend the animal in a sling the whole time it's healing. Can't do that with a massive herbivore because their guts get impacted. That's a lot of food and no walking to keep the shit flowing.

[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

But you can still use the parts on other cars...

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