Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
  • Anonymaus@feddit.orgEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Yeah but production of the battery causes alot of harm to the environment so a classic bike is still far better as it doesn’t damage the environment as much

    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      22 days ago

      In practice, e-bikes open up cycling to more people and for more trips, likely making them far more net positive than regular bikes.

      And this is coming from someone who bikes like mad on non-ebikes

      • sudneo@lemm.eeEnglish
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        22 days ago

        I went biking in NL last summer (great vacation!) and I was completely amazed by the number of elders biking using ebikes. Ebikes absolutely make cycling available to a vast range of people who wouldn’t or couldn’t bike otherwise.

        I do have and use a traditional bike, but I will consider in the future a (cargo?)ebike.