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Do you control the photovoltaic cells production or the lithium cells supply chain? Probably not…
by csomar 4y ago
Do you control the photovoltaic cells production or the lithium cells supply chain?
Probably not…
- colechristensen 4y agoNo more than you control iron ore mines or steel mills. The Amish aren’t targeting the Stone Age.
- soganess 4y agoThere is a Mitch Hedberg joke about escalators that applies here. Almost all e-bikes can, at the very least, be used without battery power. Some can even be essentially "de-electrified" if need be. The fail state for an e-bike is "slightly less convenient."
- csomar 4y agoGood point. I stand corrected.
- bigmattystyles 4y agoYea, though some of them are insanely heavy that without the assist, it’s quite a workout!
- Doxin 4y agoGenerally the mid-motor models have some fairly serious friction when unpowered. Hub motors usually have way less friction, sometimes to the point of basically being a regular bicycle if you don't put the battery in.
- klyrs 4y agoAs far as I can tell, the difference is in consumption/durability. They don't buy cars because they'd be hooked on the gas supply chain. But if you buy a solar panel, it's yours. And the ship has sailed on lithium batteries -- cell phones are permitted in limited contexts.