_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down14cross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldfuturology@futurology.todayenvironment@beehaw.orgevs@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.mlfuckcars@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhumanscale@communick.newsclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkThe world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carstheconversation.com_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldfuturology@futurology.todayenvironment@beehaw.orgevs@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.mlfuckcars@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhumanscale@communick.newsclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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-squarealphabetsheep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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.