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It’s Time To Subsidize E-bikes (archive.ph)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Aren't we supposed to be growing and eating local food in a solarpunk future?

Just finished reading @[email protected]'s link, and it is a bit more detailed than the food footprint.

emissions of bike manufacturing. Researchers have calculated the greenhouse gas emissions caused by manufacturing an aluminum e-bike at 320 kg. [8] This compares to 212 kg for the production of an unassisted aluminum bicycle and 35 kg for an unassisted steel bicycle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'd love to, but until then I don't want to starve or hold off on movement :D

Thanks for bringing my attention to that source, much better! Seems similar as to how I remembered it but I could obviously have worded it better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thank poVoq. lowtech is the posterchild for most of what we are discussing.

I find it interesting you can get basically different results by focusing on singular points. I can't imagine in the future there will be a strong mining industry still churning out batteries that fit every proprietary connector. Perhaps if the e-bike industry went open source and shared designs would be the best of both worlds.

A used, commonly found steel framed bike with nonproprietary parts, local carbohydrates, downhill both ways sounds like the perfect situation.