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Worse, they produce 4.75 tons of CO2. https://www.reference.com/science/much-pollution-average-car-produce-7f2a3d41ed9d2689 https://www.reference.com/science/m

Worse, they produce 4.75 tons of CO2. https://www.reference.com/science/much-pollution-average-car-produce-7f2a3d41ed9d2689 https://www.reference.com/science/much-pollution-average-car...

eeZah7Ux 8y ago
Surprisingly, the environmental impact of a horse is even higher. Public transportation or perhaps electric scooters are the only sustainable ones.
- ant6n 8y ago
  walking & cycling.
- metildaa 8y ago
  Electric bikes can be quite enjoyable to ride, the Bafang BBSHD can make it a breeze to go up even steep hills here in Seattle at a swift clip. The downsides come in the form of risk in transit (your in the weather, and have minimal to moderate protection from the road and others on it) and in securing your newfound transport in between use. There are very few dry, secure placea to store bikes & scooters, and fewer yet that have an outlet to charge. Shared bikes and scooters mitigate this problem somewhat, but thus far they seem to have serious maintenance issues after relatively short periods outdoors. Who wants to ride a rattly transport device thats missing screws?
  - ndnxhs 8y ago
    Its not so much of an issue if you own the bike. How many people work at a place that has literally nowhere to place a bike inside and no free power points to use. I have always placed my bike next to my desk.
- superkuh 8y ago
  Public transport and electric scooters only make sense in dense urban areas. In these places there's a critical mass of people that want to go to the same set of locations. This premise doesn't hold true in most of the world. Outside of dense urban areas public transport has no benefit from scale and is worse in terms of energy usage than private cars with plenty of other downsides.
  - ndnxhs 8y ago
    Most of the world is not dense but most of the population is. Especially if you look outside of America.
- ClassyJacket 8y ago
  I have been a proponent of electric scooters nonstop since a recent trip to Prague, where they have Lyme. I had a first date riding them around to no particular destination. Unfortunately, the stupid helmet laws in my city (Melbourne) mean no one will ever use them even if we construct more bike lanes.
  - ndnxhs 8y ago
    From what I heard, scooters can very quickly slam you in to the ground if you hit a hole/rock or if the front wheel turns 90 degrees which many of the company's scooters allow. Bikes seem much safer than scooters to ride helmetless.

Worse, they produce 4.75 tons of CO2. https://www.reference.com/science/much-pollution-average-car-produce-7f2a3d41ed9d2689 https://www.reference.com/science/much-pollution-average-car...

eeZah7Ux 8y ago

Surprisingly, the environmental impact of a horse is even higher. Public transportation or perhaps electric scooters are the only sustainable ones.

ant6n 8y ago
walking & cycling.
metildaa 8y ago
Electric bikes can be quite enjoyable to ride, the Bafang BBSHD can make it a breeze to go up even steep hills here in Seattle at a swift clip. The downsides come in the form of risk in transit (your in the weather, and have minimal to moderate protection from the road and others on it) and in securing your newfound transport in between use. There are very few dry, secure placea to store bikes & scooters, and fewer yet that have an outlet to charge. Shared bikes and scooters mitigate this problem somewhat, but thus far they seem to have serious maintenance issues after relatively short periods outdoors. Who wants to ride a rattly transport device thats missing screws?
- ndnxhs 8y ago
  Its not so much of an issue if you own the bike. How many people work at a place that has literally nowhere to place a bike inside and no free power points to use. I have always placed my bike next to my desk.
superkuh 8y ago
Public transport and electric scooters only make sense in dense urban areas. In these places there's a critical mass of people that want to go to the same set of locations. This premise doesn't hold true in most of the world. Outside of dense urban areas public transport has no benefit from scale and is worse in terms of energy usage than private cars with plenty of other downsides.
- ndnxhs 8y ago
  Most of the world is not dense but most of the population is. Especially if you look outside of America.
ClassyJacket 8y ago
I have been a proponent of electric scooters nonstop since a recent trip to Prague, where they have Lyme. I had a first date riding them around to no particular destination. Unfortunately, the stupid helmet laws in my city (Melbourne) mean no one will ever use them even if we construct more bike lanes.
- ndnxhs 8y ago
  From what I heard, scooters can very quickly slam you in to the ground if you hit a hole/rock or if the front wheel turns 90 degrees which many of the company's scooters allow. Bikes seem much safer than scooters to ride helmetless.