partial_accumen,

So you say because bisicles are not perfect we should just don’t give a shit?

Nope, never said that.

Maybe this will illustrate my point better. I’ll use your words as the template:

So you say because walking is not perfect we should just don’t give a shit?

Shoes still produce way less tire pollution than bicycles.


<span style="color:#323232;">You only have ZERO tires instead of 2.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">A pair of shoes has the fraction of the weight of a bicycle.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The soles are relatively thin and small, while bicycle tires are just monsters. Especially those of mountain bikes.
</span>

The problems shoes have are negligible, compared of a lot of things we use on a daily basis. And btw the tire pollution isn’t the worst part of an bicycles, by far. The production of the steel frame or carbon fiber resins alone produces more co2, uses more resources and produces more waste (especially a lot of chemical waste), than 10 pairs of shoes produce during their whole livespan.

So back to me: An argument against EVs with bicycles as the alternative also works as an argument against bicycles with walking as the alternative. That’s the double standard. Or to put it another way, if an argument against EVs (in this context) in favor of bicycles is valid, then that same argument against ICE in favor of EVs is valid.

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