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I am trying to make a distinction between fully powered vehicles and not. You could also make a distinction between fully protected vehicles (two tons of steel
by IgorPartola 9y ago
I am trying to make a distinction between fully powered vehicles and not.
You could also make a distinction between fully protected vehicles (two tons of steel around you in the form of a car) and not.
- xyzzyz 9y agoHuman assisted electric motorcycles are fully powered when the human is not assisting them. You are of course right that popular ICE vehicles, cars and motorcycles, are much, much heavier than humans, and so have little hope to achieve similar efficiency to humans on bicycles. However, if your constraints is to go as fast as bicycles, and be as safe as bicycles, I don't understand why you wouldn't be able to be more green. Electric engines are very, very efficient at transforming electricity to mechanical power, and solar panels are more efficient at transforming solar power to electricity than the plants are at converting solar power to edible calories.
- IgorPartola 9y agoMy whole point is that it is a choice between a safe fast method of transportation that works on virtually all weather, and an unsafe mostly seasonal slow method of transportation that is significantly greener. A powered bicycle that can go 15 mph is not in the same category as a motorcycle that can go 80 mph. Basically, if it can go on the freeway or not is the distinction I am making. Your electric assisted bicycle is just a better, less green bicycle.