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If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes (www.euronews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by savjee@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] savjee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From my experience, the electricity consumption of e-bikes is low. We have a Babboe cargo bike and we drive 5km every day. I measure the electricity consumption of the charger, and it comes down to 0.5-1kWh per month. I assume regular e-bikes have an even lower consumption.

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

A UK study showed that carbon emissions for ebike usage was less than human powered cycling, because UK people eat so much meat.