• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Why are you gatekeeping cars then? Some people only want transportation where they don’t get soaked in the rain, or cold in the winter.

    • biddy@feddit.nl
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      6 months 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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        6 months 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@feddit.nl
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          6 months 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