You’re not wrong, but at the same time when if you recognize we’re in the process of collapse that can’t be stopped, there’s value in accepting it and finding ways to live a fulfilling life as it all falls apart.
Collapse is always uneven. For many individual the collapse of the Roman Empire was sudden and brutal too. It was just slower as an overall process.
Real old school Dutch bikes are pointlessly heavy and limited. A friend has one and it’s single speed ratio was monstrous and it weighed 45lb/20kg
However just a slightly more modern take is much better and suited for anywhere. I ride an extremely rugged and durable steel city bike with igh gears, lights, full fenders and rack and it’s 32lb/14kg and fine for hilly areas. They don’t need to be monsters.
I was wondering how they were going to suggest unassisted bikes were less efficient, but he just pretended those don’t exist I think. Though I may have missed something as the I lost interest while he explained to me what an ebike was and waffled on some more, and ended up skimming.
I know some people have asserted leg power is less energy efficient than an ebike, and frankly I don’t believe it, but that’s a whole other discussion. But of course they’re less resource-intensive than cars, does anyone suggest otherwise?
The more I look at the article the more it’s kind of annoying me. He did just over 1k miles per year? That would be a commute of under 2 miles, for instance, or about 10 minutes. As apparently a piece promoting ebikes I think it’s missing the mark and implies they’re useful for people who have almost no travel needs and could easily be walking.
Oh dear, I’ve been negative. Sorry if this rubs anyone the wrong way. But this article just strikes me as out of touch and up itself and not helpful for getting people on bikes and ebikes.
Wow, you’re so clever to see the obvious consequences of what he said. It’s pretty amazing that he said all this without realizing.
Hey, but here’s a thought: perhaps that point was his intention all along!? Perhaps sometimes people say one thing to draw attention to another unsaid thing? Could that happen? If it did, rather than you being clever, it would make you look like an idiot.