Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share roads with them

Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by cogman10 on Sunday August 07, 2022 @08:48AM (#32376084)

> I would also remind you that walking is more sustainable than electric bikes and pedestrians surely don't eant to die because of e-bikes mania.

So, I'm going to get super pedantic here... But, nope.

Walking burns more calories than riding an ebike and those calories come from somewhere. Walking isn't an efficient conversion of calories into energy.

Biking ends up being more sustainable because it coverts more calories into motion.

E-bikes even more sustainable because it uses less calories and instead relies on a battery (charged from on ever greening grid).

You could debate about whether or not biking is more sustainable than ebiking due to battery production impact. However, both are going to have a clear win over walking.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-kcal-poore

https://www.bikeradar.com/features/long-reads/cycling-enviro....

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Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by peoplefromibiza on Sunday August 07, 2022 @08:54AM (#32376108)

> Walking burns more calories than riding an ebike and those calories come from somewhere

You can't be serious...

Walking also reduce your risk of going to the hospital, how much energy is saved?

Do ambulances run on magic dust?

> However, both are going to have a clear win over walking.

I seriously hoped you were jocking.

Until we won't be born with wheels, walking will win.

I sincerely hope that you'll at least get this, one day...

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Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by cogman10 on Sunday August 07, 2022 @09:14AM (#32376232)

I am serious and provided links to back my claims.

Can you do the same?

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Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by wizofaus on Sunday August 07, 2022 @05:43PM (#32380205)

That's assuming it makes the least bit sense to compare the distances people typically walk when that's the available mode of travel compared to how far they ride when they have e-bikes. And "sustainable" isn't even primarily about energy efficiency - it's about ensuring we don't exceed the capacity of the planet to repair what damage we do it. A human population that relies primarily on walking (or push-biking) to get around is almost certainly going to be far more sustainable than one primarily using e-bikes.

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