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-squareHiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoCityNerd also has a video on speed governors! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBSkLrYbLk0 It’s also not unheard of either. IIRC Japan had speed governors on their cars for a time, which limited them to their national highway speed of 100 km/h (which is still very fast to be fair).
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOr just build roads and bike spaces with safe separation. If you tighten roads people natively drive slower
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CityNerd also has a video on speed governors! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBSkLrYbLk0
It’s also not unheard of either. IIRC Japan had speed governors on their cars for a time, which limited them to their national highway speed of 100 km/h (which is still very fast to be fair).
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Or just build roads and bike spaces with safe separation.
If you tighten roads people natively drive slower