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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by adrianN on Friday May 29, 2020 @12:46AM (#23346345)
To save some tons of CO2.
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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by Freak_NL on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:14AM (#23347107)
Not part of the current economic model (it doesn't make or save them any money). Certainly not that of the kind of company behind this.
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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by lienrag63 on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:27AM (#23347983)
That's the thing: it should matter, by law. The big problem with the actual model, is that it doesn't take into account externalities (pollution, rarefaction of ressources, ...).
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