grue@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoThe world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkThe world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carstheconversation.comgrue@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareFacebones@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoAnd the fact that car prices keep climbing because capitalism demands infinite growth or death.
minus-squareTak@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoIn the US they keep getting bigger and bigger to. I was less scared of cars while riding my bike decades ago than I am now and we had less bike infrastructure then.
minus-squareFacebones@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months ago90% of our bike infrastructure now… Isn’t. I’m not counting 1.5 feet on the edge of travel lanes where people are going 50 mph as bike infrastructure 🤷
And the fact that car prices keep climbing because capitalism demands infinite growth or death.
In the US they keep getting bigger and bigger to. I was less scared of cars while riding my bike decades ago than I am now and we had less bike infrastructure then.
90% of our bike infrastructure now… Isn’t.
I’m not counting 1.5 feet on the edge of travel lanes where people are going 50 mph as bike infrastructure 🤷