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by Mawr 434 days ago
Wow, that is a lot of loosely connected nonsense.

> Think of blue collar workers that are hungry

The what now?

> exhausted

There aren't many jobs that physically exhaust you to the point of not being able to walk (biking is no harder than walking). Especially since leg muscles are super hard to tire out.

> people getting older

Pretty much the same as above. If anything, the elderly prefer biking to walking, it's easier on the joints.

> Its fucking annoying to wait for the bus that does not show up

Less or more annoying than waiting when your car breaks down?

> Electric bikes are no solution, the minerals and energy must be produced to transport people like me.

Right, manufacturing a 30kg bike has costs, unlike manufacturing a 1500kg car.

> No new vehicle was produced, no rare earth was needed.

That's not how the economy works. Also, buying used is better than buying new if everything else is equal (it's not in this case), but whatever vehicle you bought was produced at some point.

> Fuel is produced every day for the plastics of the EV and for many other things like pharmacy and so on.

Er, what? I guess you think your vehicle is made out of grass and runs on water or something?

> Sure you are right with vegan biking, but not all folks can do it.

Not all folks can do it, so let's stick with 99% of people using cars to get around :)

Nice try with the vegan rage-bait.