Oh good, the action that means the least.
Moreover, the action that’s borderline-counterproductive because it helps perpetuate the car dependency we need to be moving away from.
Edit: I also wonder if the report is even bothering to include sales of electric bicycles as one of its metrics. Considering that e-bikes are actually selling quite well, I’m guessing not, which means it’s a pretty big blind spot in the overall picture.
they really should have had an ebike credit in the big environment bill.
The report doesn’t mention e-bikes, but while I admit I’m not super well versed in the subject, I’m guessing the industry & scientific community is still struggling to figure out how e-bike sales impact global emissions. Trading a bike mile traveled, or walked mile for an e-bike mile doesn’t do much, but every VMT replaced by an e-bike is a big win.
While, as others have pointed out, EVs are the smallest possible step forward, the correlation with emissions is at least very straightforward and well studied.
It takes time to show a net decrease in VMT from e-bikes, and more impostantly that the effect is long-lasting
This is why capitalism has to go. EV’s are capitalism’s solution to the climate crisis, and they are no solution at all.
