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"
12 Comments
Pipoca@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
You lost me once you started depending on people exercising even less to justify your emissions argument
Pipoca@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
This is a dumb argument because exercise is good.
biddy@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y
This is a dumb argument because exercise is good.
astraeus@programming.dev · 9 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
The best thing I can recommend is that you go to your local bike shop and test drive some models
Num10ck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
https://electrek.co/guides/ebikes/
bouh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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.