With a not too outlandish set of assumptions, the environmental footprint of an electric cyclist is smaller than that of an acoustic cyclist. Unless you're some

With a not too outlandish set of assumptions, the environmental footprint of an electric cyclist is smaller than that of an acoustic cyclist. Unless you're some kind of raw-food vegan: http://ebikes.ca/sustainability/Ebike_Energy.pdf http://ebikes.ca/sustainability/Ebike_Energy.pdf The potential hole in the reasoning is the assumption that a human-powered cyclist switching to electric would start eating less. In either case the environmental footprint compared with driving is so miniscule that you're really splitting hairs.