Grant has ranted against carbs as well but we’re still eating bread. In my case having an e-bike makes me take far fewer trips by car than I would without an e-bike. I’m not going to go car free because I like to drive but I do use my cars way less these days. I have a cargo e-bike so I am able to do virtually all of my shopping by bike. Including large Costco runs. I’m the dork with the huge package of toilet paper on the rear rack.
I don’t see myself ever getting a recreational e-bike anytime but that could change as I continue to age. Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 7, 2020, at 4:01 PM, George Schick <bhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have to admit that both creeping old age and ignorance may be playing a > part, but I just am not understanding this thread. For months now, maybe > even years, Grant has ranted against the advent of the eBike for various > reasons both environmental as well as physical. Yet, here we are suddenly > espousing it. What gives? > > Why this sudden embracing of this "new technology" with its dependence upon > batteries and other components that make the use of "rare earth" elements, > many of which, when removed from the ground either by direct force or by > chemical extraction, have done major environmental damage to areas in China > areas where such mining has occurred ( > https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-wrestles-with-the-toxic-aftermath-of-rare-earth-mining > ). I thought the major thrust of Rivbike (and Grant) was to espouse the use > of the human means of traveling. > > >> On Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 5:40:06 PM UTC-5 J Imler wrote: >> An eJoe is in the works. Has anyone tried an eJoe? I think it's gonna be >> great. I'm mainly doing so to hull my son up Mt. Diablo on the Burley >> trailer bike so we can bike camp together. It's not gonna happen otherwise. >> I'll report back as things progress... likely a hub drive rear wheel kit. >> I'm open to any ebuild advice. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/835e1d4b-dc50-4b34-b476-43bd5e3fa3ecn%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/D3ED282E-1EF5-4033-8CDE-91394295C22B%40gmail.com.
