Australia Is Quitting Coal in Record Time Thanks to Tesla

Re:Australia Is Quitting Coal in Record Time Thanks to Tesla by dmos62 on Monday April 10, 2023 @03:28AM (#35509976)

10k km a year on a bike means riding it for more than an hour every workday. Not a lot of people willing to do that, i think. If that were truly the breakeven distance (i know you didn't really say that) ebikes would be screwed in terms of ecological impact.

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Re:Australia Is Quitting Coal in Record Time Thanks to Tesla by Xylakant on Monday April 10, 2023 @03:33AM (#35510004)

That’s half an hour to work, half an hour back. Not outlandish, if you compare normal commutes.

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Re:Australia Is Quitting Coal in Record Time Thanks to Tesla by eesmith on Monday April 10, 2023 @05:39AM (#35510610)

Assuming 250 work days (50 weeks * 5 days), that's 40km/day.

I don't think most people bike at 40km/hour.

Across a year, that averages to 27.4 km per day, biking each and every day.

If done in an hour, that's rather faster than my average biking speed of about 16 kph.

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Re:Australia Is Quitting Coal in Record Time Thanks to Tesla by dmos62 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @04:58AM (#35522563)

I said more than an hour. I think an hour on a bike is something most people can stomach easily, but it gets annoying fast once you go above that.

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Re:Australia Is Quitting Coal in Record Time Thanks to Tesla by CalRobert on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:32PM (#35528340)

I did 50 minutes each way in LA, from Santa Monica to El Segundo. I loved it, except for the parts with cars.

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