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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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[–] ebike_enjoyer@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Call me a heretic, but in a situation where it’s completely untenable to get any exercise, something like a moped or a very small electric car (like, smaller than probably exists in the us market) can be a great improvement over our current situation with giant trucks and suvs that consume either tons of gas or require batteries big enough to power hundreds of mopeds or e-bikes. What we need isn’t a large group of people doing everything perfectly, what we need is everyone doing what they can, imperfectly. Then we improve from there.