EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions

Yeah and a motorcycle is almost as heavy as a car... if you compare a Honda Goldwing (379 kg) to a Citroën 2CV (475 kg).

I didn't say anything useful, but we sure cherry-picked ourselves out of the general statement that cars 5-10 times heavier than motorcycles!

I’m not saying it’s the optimal solution for everyone, nothing is.

The lower weight and size also has significant external benefits, because roads need less maintenance and don't need to be as big (that means less taxes for the owning classes in the back).

The initial cost too. U can get an ebike for like 1500€ but u gotta pay like 60000€ or more for an electric car. Also insurance, maintainance, parking, etc

My old shitty car cost 2,5 times as much as my really nice ebike. Both bought used. I used to pay around 200€ a month for fuel and there is also insurance. My ebike right now costs me about a handful of euros in fuel each month and I don't have to take extra time for exercise out of my day. So a hundred times more efficient isn't even that high.

Maybe its a bit much but as i said in the other reply, you need:

• a parking space
• insurance
• maintainance
• eventually very costly battery replacement

All of these are either not necessaey or muuuch cheaper for bikes. These are also recurring costs that together could pay for a whole new e bike every few months.

Why wouldn't an ebike be riding in traffic?

There's no cargo scooters?

We have plenty of scenarios where two cars make sense, but for a while we can do without.

Probably would have been safer to put it outside on a proper bike rack with u-lock and cable

Let's not forget the scooters are very compact, you can easily bring one into the office, shop, bus. A bicycle needs to be locked outside, often exposed to the wearher and could be stolen. I'd say it's more of a factor than bicycle costing more effort to move around.

Bicycles also have more moving parts, needs more maintenance i assume than electric scooter that has a direct drive motor with no chain or gears.

I live in Taipei.

I won't lie to you, the learning curve can be steep at first. It took me two to three weeks of practicing a half hour to an hour almost every day before I got it. Like you, I have no experience roller blading or ice skating.

The journey from starting to staying on it for more than five seconds is the longest part, from that to effortlessly flying down the street is much faster.

It's like learning to ride a bike but you didn't do your falling when you were a little kid. And you will fall. Always ride with at least a helmet, wrist guards, and knee pads. And if you're gonna ride anywhere cars can get to you, that helmet should be an ECE 22.06 rated motorcycle helmet.

All that said, I still think it's worth it. It's my main mode of transportation, it's very practical and fun, and at this point riding is second nature to me.

I would recommend looking for a used entry level EUC on craigslist or something first rather than going for the biggest, fastest wheel right away.

No, electric unicycles are great. They're fast, powerful, easy to store and carry onto public transit, controlled completely handsfree, and fun to ride.

Yet they contribute more to emissions than cars ever could. A single trip across the world outputs more emissions than all the cars in the world in a single year. Except there are dozens of those ships making trips daily.

In other words you taking your bike over your car makes virtually zero difference in the grand scheme. If everyone stopped driving cars over night the effect it would have would only be a tiny percentage of what shipping freighters contribute.