@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months 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-square24fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down16cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.netgreen@lemmy.mlfuckcars@lemmy.cafuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up1259arrow-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.com@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.netgreen@lemmy.mlfuckcars@lemmy.cafuckcars@lemmy.world
minus-squareUranium3006linkfedilink8•8 months agothe dockless rent-a-scooters need to go. privately owned escooters? great. dock based systems? also great. escooters littered all over the street? nah
minus-squareFlashMobOfOnelinkfedilink4•8 months agoI don’t like them either but when Atlanta banned them pollution and traffic became significantly worse. They serve a purpose.
minus-square@frostbiker@lemmy.calinkfedilink0•edit-28 months 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-square@kamenoko@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•8 months 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.
the dockless rent-a-scooters need to go. privately owned escooters? great. dock based systems? also great. escooters littered all over the street? nah
I don’t like them either but when Atlanta banned them pollution and traffic became significantly worse. They serve a purpose.
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.