FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 14 days agoCan an e-bike really save you money on gas? The math is clearelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkCan an e-bike really save you money on gas? The math is clearelectrek.coFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
One of the most common questions I hear from people considering an e-bike right now, during a period of soaring…
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 days agoWell, it doesn’t as long as the amount you ride it is more than 0. If you buy an ebike and then it just sits in your garage and never goes anywhere, that’s not saving you money on gas. (And that’s a more common scenario than you might think.)
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·13 days agoSo if you buy one and take it home and park it in the garage forever it’s going to save you money? LOL
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoAnd if you want to go the pedantic route, the headline asks “can”, not “does” an ebike save you money. So regardless, the answer is always Yes.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoLOL no, it cannot save you money if you don’t ride it.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days agoYes it can. You just choose not to let it.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 days agoThat isn’t riding it at all
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 days agoYes, that’s correct, well done!
Huh? No it doesn’t.
Well, it doesn’t as long as the amount you ride it is more than 0.
If you buy an ebike and then it just sits in your garage and never goes anywhere, that’s not saving you money on gas. (And that’s a more common scenario than you might think.)
So if you buy one and take it home and park it in the garage forever it’s going to save you money? LOL
And if you want to go the pedantic route, the headline asks “can”, not “does” an ebike save you money. So regardless, the answer is always Yes.
LOL no, it cannot save you money if you don’t ride it.
Yes it can. You just choose not to let it.
…huh?
That isn’t riding it at all
Yes, that’s correct, well done!