Aren’t we supposed to be growing and eating local food in a solarpunk future?
Just finished reading @poVoq@slrpnk.net’s link, and it is a bit more detailed than the food footprint.
emissions of bike manufacturing. Researchers have calculated the greenhouse gas emissions caused by manufacturing an aluminum e-bike at 320 kg. [8] This compares to 212 kg for the production of an unassisted aluminum bicycle and 35 kg for an unassisted steel bicycle.
Thank poVoq. lowtech is the posterchild for most of what we are discussing.
I find it interesting you can get basically different results by focusing on singular points. I can’t imagine in the future there will be a strong mining industry still churning out batteries that fit every proprietary connector. Perhaps if the e-bike industry went open source and shared designs would be the best of both worlds.
A used, commonly found steel framed bike with nonproprietary parts, local carbohydrates, downhill both ways sounds like the perfect situation.
Aren’t we supposed to be growing and eating local food in a solarpunk future?
Just finished reading @poVoq@slrpnk.net’s link, and it is a bit more detailed than the food footprint.
I’d love to, but until then I don’t want to starve or hold off on movement :D
Thanks for bringing my attention to that source, much better! Seems similar as to how I remembered it but I could obviously have worded it better
Thank poVoq. lowtech is the posterchild for most of what we are discussing.
I find it interesting you can get basically different results by focusing on singular points. I can’t imagine in the future there will be a strong mining industry still churning out batteries that fit every proprietary connector. Perhaps if the e-bike industry went open source and shared designs would be the best of both worlds.
A used, commonly found steel framed bike with nonproprietary parts, local carbohydrates, downhill both ways sounds like the perfect situation.