When do you expect ev bikes to become practical road bikes.

[wyly]

I still have one, also.
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I've got one in a box somewhere, no idea how to use it.

[rphillips]

No idea how to use a slide ruler??? Heck you just slide the center part in and out from the outer parts.

[GS1150Pilot]

I found myself looking at eride-pro bikes today. 60 mph, 50 mile range at 25 mph, 90% recharge in 2 hours. I could use that for a lot of my in-town commuting.

[wyly]

No idea how to use a slide ruler??? Heck you just slide the center part in and out from the outer parts.

I know it slides around I just never had any classes where I needed it so didn't learn how to make calculations.

[rphillips]

Yep, me too, really bunches of little numbers and lines, really looked complicated to those that didn't understand them... Old story. Yrs. ago a Local guy driving for Yellow freight just got in from a long run. Dispatcher said he had a hot load going to Atlanta. The driver said OK, let me go fuel up. Dispatch asked where did you last fuel up, driver told him and dispatch slid out his slide ruler and said, no you got plenty of fuel to make that run. Driver argued for a minute, then agreed to leave with the load... Few hr.'s later out of fuel. Driver hitch-hiked to a phone and called back to dispatch, hey I'm out of fuel, Dispatch asked where are you at? Driver replied , Get your dang slide ruler and figure out where I'm at.

[wyly]

This is motorcycle forum we have our silo, primarily vintage Suzukis mostly 750cc and up we tend to be dismissive of small displacement and EVs. We are part of the emissions problem that is causing the world to move to EVs.

I came across some interesting facts.

E-bikes and e-mopeds now number a staggering 280 million world wide and are having a bigger effect slashing emissions than EV cars.
Oil demand has dropped a million barrels per day because of them about 1% of the worlds total oil demand.

If you could commute 20 miles per day the average yearly cost would be about $20

[rphillips]

Probably correct, Of the videos and films I've seen of those countries that have an abundance of mopeds and scooters, many of them appear to be puffing smoke like a two stroke. If the EV's are replacing 2 strokes, or 4 strokes puffing smoke, the emission savings would be huge... Always wondered why outboards were almost always 2 stroke? Why not just convert one of our GS engines, or a Gold Wing eng. Finally in the past 10 yrs. they've done it. From what I'm seeing out on the lakes, the general population is buying way more 4 stroke outboards. I rarely see a "new" 2 stroke any more.

[GS1150Pilot]

And yet, the CO2 levels are increasing, and I'm not sure how well things will turn out when (if) peak fossil fuel demand tapers steeply after 2030.

[wyly]

And yet, the CO2 levels are increasing, and I'm not sure how well things will turn out when (if) peak fossil fuel demand tapers steeply after 2030.

We can only do our part to control our emissions. Emissions will continue to rise for other reasons, the poorer countries are trying to attain our level of development and that means using cheaper fossil fuels and concrete for building projects.

[GS1150Pilot]

We can only do our part to control our emissions. Emissions will continue to rise for other reasons, the poorer countries are trying to attain our level of development and that means using cheaper fossil fuels and concrete for building projects.

And yet:

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Went Up Again in 2022 | Scientific American

[wyly]

And yet:

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Went Up Again in 2022 | Scientific American

Imagine the world as the largest ship and you want to come to dead stop and then make a 180 turn. It takes time turn around the entire global economy and the way we do things, it can't be done overnight, it may take decades. I'm not sure we have decades.

[GS1150Pilot]

That was my point: I'm not sure the technology and its implementation arrived in time.

[bccap]

I'm glad I am seventy. Cause I don't have a whole lot of faith in the world getting its' sh!t together before it is too late ..... { which is damn close to now } .....

[wyly]

I'm glad I am seventy. Cause I don't have a whole lot of faith in the world getting its' sh!t together before it is too late ..... { which is damn close to now } .....

Climate change is a slow disaster it's imperceptible in our daily lives you have to look at it over a span of decades to grasp what is happening.
Because of that day to day problems take precedent for people who are worried putting food on the table, paying utilities, rent, mortgage, insurance and much more.
Capitalism is failing, it's slowing killing us, the gap between rich1% and poor is growing quicker than ever not only are the rich getting richer the rest of us are getting poorer.
It's the 99% of the population that can stop climate change but many of that 99% are just trying to keep up or survive.

[Rob S.]

Polling from S&P Global Mobility found in May that only 67% of respondents are open to buying an EV, a significant reduction from the 86% of respondents that were open to such a purchase in 2021.