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E-bikes are kicking ass and taking names (electrek.co)
submitted 1 year ago by yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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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"

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[-] Pipoca@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.net 2 points 1 year ago

You lost me once you started depending on people exercising even less to justify your emissions argument

[-] Pipoca@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] biddy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] biddy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] astraeus@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

Is there an e-bike megathread or recommendations in the community, or adjacent communities for that matter? I would love to find a good commuter bike

[-] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

The best thing I can recommend is that you go to your local bike shop and test drive some models

[-] bouh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Bikes are cool and all until it rains or it's crazy cold or crazy hot outside. I'd rather have public transport than bikes everywhere.

[-] C_Spinoff@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

One of the better features of e bikes is that you won't get into sweating or exhaustion as easy as with a regular bike. This means you can just cover yourself in some plastic poncho to stay dry while riding without getting damp inside from sweating.

[-] 20hzservers@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

To add to this you won't sweat as much in heat either because you can wear breathable clothing and the wind from your movement really cools you off substantially on a bike even without pedal assist so with it I'd imagine you'd barely break a sweat barring high humidity.

[-] RetroGradeBE@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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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