_haha_oh_wow_M to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoThe world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down14cross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldfuturology@futurology.todayenvironment@beehaw.orgevs@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.mlfuckcars@lemmy.worldenvironnementtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-linkThe world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carstheconversation.com_haha_oh_wow_M to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldfuturology@futurology.todayenvironment@beehaw.orgevs@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.mlfuckcars@lemmy.worldenvironnementtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
minus-square@Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoOn moped emissions: They emit less GHG but more smog than cars. So in a city, the smog is probably not great, but in a rural areas the lower GHG is probably better. That’s only operating emissions, mopeds have lower production and disposal emissions that cars. Four stokes are becoming more common and are much less emitting than two strokes.
minus-square@alphabetsheep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoFair point. The production emissions make a huge difference. As best I understand batteries still have very high production emissions which roughly balances out their lower runtime emissions.
On moped emissions:
They emit less GHG but more smog than cars. So in a city, the smog is probably not great, but in a rural areas the lower GHG is probably better.
That’s only operating emissions, mopeds have lower production and disposal emissions that cars.
Four stokes are becoming more common and are much less emitting than two strokes.
Fair point. The production emissions make a huge difference. As best I understand batteries still have very high production emissions which roughly balances out their lower runtime emissions.