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280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles

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280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles

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E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.
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  • @[email protected]
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    e-bikes are just super fun to use

    • @[email protected]
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      They are a game changer!

  • Yewb
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    These are also filling up land fills!

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      ebikes are filling up land fills? Show me where and I’ll go and salvage them

      • @[email protected]
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        Yeah, I’d expect they’re mostly recyclable as scrap, and the batteries are full of valuable cobalt that will become more and more recyclable as facilities are built out to extract it.

  • @[email protected]
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    I guess it makes sense. They’re lighter and go slower, and not as big of an investment as a car.

  • Franklin
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    Have other people had good experiences using these in Canada?

    • @[email protected]
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      They’re everywhere in Vancouver. It’s probably better biking weather now than it is most of the summer.

      But biking in the snow should not actually be a problem in Canada. It apparently used to be very common. See this video: Not Just Bikes - Why Canadians Can’t bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)

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      I’ve seen them around, even in the middle of Prairie nowhere. Not in the winter much though. I haven’t gotten the chance to try myself.

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      I would imagine that’s highly dependent upon where in Canada you are.

      • Franklin
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        I’m in NL which is not super bike friendly. Essentially if you want to use these you have to ride on the same road as motorists which they don’t take kindly to. Still thinking about it though

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    why not both?

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