Agreed on the power plant issue - but it's still less than the impact of
a car. The point of the article is exactly that these machines for the
first time stand to take drivers off the road, not cyclists. In places
like China and India, it's how they can bypass the car culture in which
we in America are caught.
The work done to civilize the world for cyclists also makes it easier
for these people to get out of their cars. No doubt it will create
problems, but far more opportunities.
Jym Dyer wrote:
They don't stink. They don't make harsh noises.
=v= Well, not at the point of use. The stink and noise goes
somewhere else, at the power plant, generally over where the
poor people live. Out of sight, out of mind.
They mean one less car on the road.
=v= Or they could also mean one less human-powered bike on the
road, as per the story's headline. For decades I've seen the
marketing for these gadgets directed as those of us on bikes,
not those driving cars. That's not an effort to replace cars
and, unsurprisingly, there's no evidence that it's doing so.
<_Jym_>
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