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  • I still disagree, and here’s why. I’ve ridden an electric bike share bike with no battery up a hill, with no extra load, and it was undoable. You couldn’t stay on the bike. It was more sensible to return the way I came than to keep going. Yes better gearing would have helped, but why was it necessary? Because the battery ran out. Why did it run out? Because capacity is limited by weight.

    300 miles is way too much for most people to ever come close to in an ev unless they’re commuting 100 miles daily. Those people can get an extended range car or something. Whereas the battery capacity of ebikes and scooters is often met or exceeded especially with bike share. And then the bike is unrideable. Same with electric “push” scooters - they become unrideable when they run out.

    People have range anxiety and I don’t fault people who want to be able to do long trips someday with their personal vehicle, but to me, it’s way more important to have better vehicles I’ll actually use daily.

    If it was the difference between 150 miles and 200 that would be a different value judgement because then it does start to affect the car’s ability to function as a car in winter temperatures and normal distances.




  • Don’t give up that easily. There are many many federal courts, and the Supreme Court can only take so many cases a year.

    Things are dire but we can’t just let it happen, we must demand rule of law, and make fun of all the stuff their lawyers do pretending to be legal.

    The county didn’t want an autocratic government consolidating power, even though that’s who many people voted for. There is a power struggle happening and we need to support everybody who gets in their way.





  • I would say I’m something of an expert about lifting bikes because I’ve lifted hundreds and hundreds into storage hooks on the ceiling at the shop I worked at, as well as at my own place. It absolutely is worse having to manhandle a heavier bike. If the average ebike is 50 lbs no way would it be workable for me on a daily basis, and no way would it be feasible to pedal home if the battery dies. A single hill and you’d be out of energy.

    The distribution of weight matters a great deal. You can easily say that 5 lbs is the weight of groceries, but 2-3 lbs of heavier wheels would be much worse for getting up hills.

    I don’t see why you think I want an incredibly light and fast ebike. I just think it’s more important to have a lighter bike, say 35 lbs vs 40 lbs, then it is too have 250 mi range than 300 in a car. I’m not going to get close to either number except on road trips, but I’ll deal with the extra weight of the bike daily. It’s ok if you don’t share this opinion, we can agree to disagree.

    Your preference in cars seems fine too, I don’t see anything wrong with preferring one thing over another.