We don't need a 4000 lb vehicle to move a ~200 lb person.
In order of efficiency:
(1) Walk
(2) Unicycle, roller skate, scooter (no battery, very little material)
(2) Bike
(3) Electric bike (and all forms of newfangled electric: escooters, segways)
(4) Electric motorbike or scooter
(5) Mass transit (can be public/private) transportation: Electric trains
(6) Mass transit (can be public/private) transportation: Electric buses
(7) Zipline
(8) Carpools on BEV
(9) Carpools on PHEV
(10) BEV
We can stop buying gas cars. Pollution kills 10 million EVERY year[1]. For context, the cumulative COVID deaths over 3 years are ~6.5 million. And fossil fuels are subsidized (Trillions of dollars per year). For 2022, this is $7 trillion[2]. Why are we subsidizing fuels that are proven to cause all kinds of diseases (nearly everything except STIs).
[1] Air Pollution Kills 10 Million People a Year. Why Do We Accept That as Normal?: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/environment/air-p...
[2] Why Are Governments Still Subsidizing Fossil Fuels? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-16/climat...
[3] https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel...
In order of efficiency:
(1) Walk
(2) Unicycle, roller skate, scooter (no battery, very little material)
(2) Bike
(3) Electric bike (and all forms of newfangled electric: escooters, segways)
(4) Electric motorbike or scooter
(5) Mass transit (can be public/private) transportation: Electric trains
(6) Mass transit (can be public/private) transportation: Electric buses
(7) Zipline
(8) Carpools on BEV
(9) Carpools on PHEV
(10) BEV
We can stop buying gas cars. Pollution kills 10 million EVERY year[1]. For context, the cumulative COVID deaths over 3 years are ~6.5 million. And fossil fuels are subsidized (Trillions of dollars per year). For 2022, this is $7 trillion[2]. Why are we subsidizing fuels that are proven to cause all kinds of diseases (nearly everything except STIs).
[1] Air Pollution Kills 10 Million People a Year. Why Do We Accept That as Normal?: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/environment/air-p...
[2] Why Are Governments Still Subsidizing Fossil Fuels? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-16/climat...
[3] https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel...