Solarpunk Travel

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Community for those focused on sustainable travel. Our society's current levels of energy intensive and frequent travel are not compatible with life on a finite planet. We advocate for long-term slow travel to see the world, and low energy local travel to deeply experience your community. Green washing free zone.

related to sustainable travel:

[email protected] ← open to all train chatter (but note the instance is centered on the midwest USA)
[email protected] ← UK Rail and Trains
[email protected] ← UK public transport

related to travel generally:

[email protected] ← general travel
[email protected] ← general travel (this whole instance devoted to travel but note there is an instance-wide no politics rule there)
[email protected] ← Europe focus

The communities listed above are decentralized. Centralized instances are omitted as they go against the fedi purpose and it’s better to cultivate digital rights in the free world. That means instances that have a disproportionately large population or are centralized on Cloudflare are not listed.

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Why I love my ebike! the most sustainable form of travel on the planet (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ebikes + renewable energy is more efficient even than a human riding a traditional bike! The energy has to come from somewhere.

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[–] aspseka 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doubtful, given that it is much more sustainable replacing cogs and chain wheels only than to also replace the motor...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you also pedal way less on an eBike. Not sure if it's enough to offset that though.

[–] aspseka 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean while putting more force on cogs and chain?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does it though?

Edit: Yes it does:

"Because of the added weight and torque, e-bike systems do produce more wear and tear on “consumable” parts. You’ll likely have to replace things like chains and brake pads more frequently, and you'll want to keep an eye on tire wear and wheel parts like spokes, which are under more stress from the torque of the motor."

So yeah, no clue how they got to the conclusion that eBikes are more energy efficient than regular bikes.