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allthetimetoday at 4:17 AM3 repliesview on HN

Just here to remind you all about bicycles.


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randusernametoday at 2:57 PM

Fun fact:

e-bikes are more climate friendly than human-powered bikes.

5 grams CO2 equivalent emissions per mile e-bike, 40 grams per mile for human eating exclusively bananas. Much, much worse for other dietary choices. Embodied carbon emissions in the bike itself are essentially equivalent.

The Carbon Footprint of Everything (2022)

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mc3301today at 7:46 AM

Climate and terrain allowing, bicycles reign supreme as a transport. Especially with all the new adaptive-, electric-, accessible- cycles out there, cars should be "rare but welcome strange guests" in many neighborhoods, downtowns, etc.

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1970-01-01today at 1:42 PM

Motorcycles broadcast an equal amount of data as bicycles.

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