Let's forget about the solar cells (there's not that many on this bike) - e-bikes really are extremely eco-friendly. Your points are not correct and I want to point out why:
> It's expensive
It's cheap. An e-bike like this costs as much as some of the extras on a car.
> it's not going to do much good for your health
This is just incorrect - if you have an e-bike, you are way more likely to use it compared to a muscle powered bike, and you are going to ride longer distances with it. In sum, the positive health effects of using an e-bike regularily are larger than using a muscle-powered one.
> compare it to a reasonably light "ordinary" bike, driven by muscle power, this is nowhere near "eco"
if you count calories, and are on an average omnivore diet, e-bikes are actually more efficient than muscle-powered bikes. it's eco.
> leave the pedals out and be honest about it
?? not sure what you mean with honest?
> in a few years when it's out of fashion
opinion: e-bikes are not a fashion, but here to stay. it's far less trash than a car.
The gasoline-electro argument is kind of true for cars though, electric cars are not eco, just slightly better than gas cars.
> It's expensive
It's cheap. An e-bike like this costs as much as some of the extras on a car.
> it's not going to do much good for your health
This is just incorrect - if you have an e-bike, you are way more likely to use it compared to a muscle powered bike, and you are going to ride longer distances with it. In sum, the positive health effects of using an e-bike regularily are larger than using a muscle-powered one.
> compare it to a reasonably light "ordinary" bike, driven by muscle power, this is nowhere near "eco"
if you count calories, and are on an average omnivore diet, e-bikes are actually more efficient than muscle-powered bikes. it's eco.
> leave the pedals out and be honest about it
?? not sure what you mean with honest?
> in a few years when it's out of fashion
opinion: e-bikes are not a fashion, but here to stay. it's far less trash than a car.
The gasoline-electro argument is kind of true for cars though, electric cars are not eco, just slightly better than gas cars.