• @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    The answer was in the fucking title and you still got it wrong!

    Sure on a pure production based outlook ebikes would be worse since they require more material.

    But e bikes allow people to go further, and encourage people to use them more often, meaning an ebike will replace more car trips than a standard bike would. This can end up offsetting the extra costs of producing the ebike in the first place.

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      78 months ago

      For things like hills and keeping up with traffic ebikes are a game changer. I literally couldn’t go on half the trips I take without the motor