HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric cars. E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down16cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.netgreen@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1249arrow-down1external-link280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric cars. E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.arstechnica.comHiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.netgreen@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squarefrostbiker@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-21 year ago the dockless rent-a-scooters need to go Yeah, I get it. Private vehicles everywhere on the side of the street are an eyesore and take a ton of valuable public space. If at least e-scooters were as small as a car it wouldn’t be such a big deal to see them parked everywhere.
minus-squarekamenoko@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThey’re also stupid dangerous to use and provide almost no protection if a car finds you, or you hit something the wrong way and go flying.
Yeah, I get it. Private vehicles everywhere on the side of the street are an eyesore and take a ton of valuable public space. If at least e-scooters were as small as a car it wouldn’t be such a big deal to see them parked everywhere.
They’re also stupid dangerous to use and provide almost no protection if a car finds you, or you hit something the wrong way and go flying.