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I love my electric moped. Riding it around my European big-city, it just feels so comforting. Its so quiet, it doesn't scare ducks. Scooters are taking over

I love my electric moped. Riding it around my European big-city, it just feels so comforting. Its so quiet, it doesn't scare ducks. Scooters are taking over - Vienna is a green city that has had time to refine its transportation culture over a millenia. Parts of it were built for horses. When I'm on my electric moped, I ride it like a horse. No need to over-do it and speed, or whatever, just pace along at a trot. There's a harmonic spot where the curves and corners of the city suddenly become super-fluid, and I even get all the green lights .. I'm pretty sure its because the physical geometry is designed for horses, and the electric moped drive train can approximate that. Anyway, I can't wait until all the cars disappear. Europe is going to be even more beautiful.

rcMgD2BwE72F 7y ago
One problem though: as of today, shared electric moped/scooters are actually worse for the environment than privately-owned ICE cars. Source: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2da8 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2da8
- fit2rule 7y ago
  Sort of seems like you didn't read your own quote: "When e-scooter usage replaces average personal automobile travel, we nearly universally realize a net reduction in environmental impacts." This is not the same as "actually worse for the environment than privately-owned ICE cars", and I'm guessing you've got a reason for your FUD? I ride electric, too. Mine is charged by solar power. Sure, it took a lot of carbon to get my systems in place - but that's still 100x better than the daily emissions I'm no longer producing.