• biddy
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    28 days ago

    Do I really need to repeat every reason why cars suck?. Just check everything else in this community.

    Relevant for this conversion is that driving a car is far less exercise than even an ebike, and that generally people riding any kind of bikes creates a positive feedback loop where others feel more comfortable, cities build infrastructure, ect.

    • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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      26 days ago

      All those same things apply when you compare actual bicycles to e-bike though. An e-bike is a half-measure, at best.

      • biddy
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        24 days ago

        Let’s say that for the same journey, an ebike is a half as much exercise as a pedal bike(or whatever you want, the actual number isn’t important). A car journey is 0 exercise, it’s infinitely worse. Going from a car journey to an ebike journey is infinite times more exercise, going from an ebike journey to a pedal bike is twice as much exercise.

        By gatekeeping you’re stopping people from making smaller improvements because they aren’t going all the way