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E-bike environmental impact in comparison to other forms of transport (www.youtube.com)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by vividspecter@lemm.ee to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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I editorialised the title as the original was clickbait, but the video itself is quite good. Interestingly, e-bikes are claimed to have lower emissions than acoustic bikes, although it likely depends on diet (the author didn't specifically compare a vegan diet between the two types but did indicate that vegan + electric is the most carbon efficient form).

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[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 8 months ago

As a non native English speaker, why is it "acoustic" bikes? What does acoustic have to do with bicycles?

[-] waitmarks@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

its a play on words of the 2 main types of guitars (electric and acoustic) Basically a joke implying that if one type of bike is electric, the other must inherently be acoustic.

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It's e-coustic, actually.

[-] JohnnyH842@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

A lot of us native English speaking cyclists wonder the same thing.

[-] regul@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

My buddy calls them "naughty" bikes, as in "not e". I think it's cuter than acoustic.

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