Excessive consumption of fossil energy damages the economy, causing health and climate pollution, which in turn damages the economy and health, and public health damages the economy, and so on in a vicious circle and correlation. Of course, ordinary, purely human-powered bicycles can improve this situation, but electric assistant mountain bike can be used in a wider variety of environments and can replace transportation such as cars to some extent. In fact E-Bike benefits are numerous.
1. E-Bike can improve the economy
As ebike24 explained in its previous article "The Dutch model: The benefits of cycling for public health and wealth", cycling and E-Bikes can have a very beneficial impact on the economy, saving €5 billion a year in the Netherlands alone. If we compare this cost in the context of public health and climate change (e.g. crop damage and natural disasters), we realize how important they are.
2. The use of E-Bike does result in overall savings
On the other hand, an E-Bike requires an average of 100 watts of power to travel 10 kilometers, while a car requires an average of 1 liter of fuel to travel the same distance, in addition to the ever-increasing cost of maintenance. What's more, the more people who ride bikes, the smoother the traffic. In Atlanta, GA, the city banned bike sharing and scooters from the road from 9pm to 4am. This makes it possible to monitor traffic speeds during the ban. According to a study titled "The Impact of Natural Experiments and Geofencing Policy Variations on Auto Congestion," the ban resulted in average delays of 2 to 5 minutes for evening commutes and 12 minutes for special events such as sporting events. While such an increase may seem like a minor inconvenience, the cost of additional travel time can quickly increase exponentially among large numbers of commuters.
The resulting economic impact for the City of Atlanta was calculated to be $4.9 million per year. The study estimates that the national-level impact of such a policy could range from $408 million to $573 million. Not to mention that in the calculations, there is only a seven-hour ban and it is limited to bike-sharing and scooters, with personal bikes and E-Bikes excluded. If this category were expanded to include bikes and E-Bikes for 24 hours a day, the annual savings in the U.S. could be well over billions of dollars. The Netherlands has a population of only 16 million, while the U.S. has 325 million. By comparison, the $5 billion the Netherlands saves through cycling each year is minuscule. But the former has the highest number of bicyclists per capita in the world, and half of all bicycles sold in the Netherlands are now E-Bikes.
The above conclusion goes without saying that less traffic congestion means less fuel consumption and costs, there will be less health damage and less climate change pollution.
3. How using E-Bikes saves billions of tons of oil
The energy crisis is hitting our economy hard. Prices for natural gas, electricity, and even wood for heating have skyrocketed, jeopardizing the economies of homes and businesses.
4. Clumsy energy-saving remedies
The severity of rising energy prices has prompted experts and the media to propose a variety of cost-saving measures, sometimes somewhat bizarre. For example, reducing the amount of time spent cooking, but this can seriously affect quality of life. Then again, the often suggested turning off lights as you go won't save that much energy. led bulbs consume an average of 4 watts per hour, which is only 1kW/h every 250 hours
5. Riding E-Bike to replace driving can alleviate climate change
Exhaust emissions have dramatically changed the Earth's climate. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), transportation has the highest dependence on fossil fuels of any industry, with its associated industries accounting for 37% of total global CO2 emissions in 2021.
While it is unlikely that everyone will use E-Bikes to replace cars for commuting to work, if only 20% of drivers did so, we could reduce global CO2 emissions by about 7%. Such a reduction trend seems feasible.
6. Riding an E-Bike is healthy
Riding an E-Bike can significantly improve public health. The number of patients acquired with diabetes is rising dramatically worldwide, with the actual 360 million cases becoming 450 million by the end of this decade. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States and many other developed countries, not to mention diseases related to exhaust emissions, such as lung lesions and cancer. Regular E-Bike riding can help prevent these health problems. The aging population in developed countries has a hard time tolerating the physical effort required to ride a bike, which is why motor assistance is even more necessary.
Conclusion: Even people who don't ride bikes should support the popularity of E-Bikes
Even if one does not ride a bicycle per se, if one supports its popularity, the good impact will allow everyone to then enjoy a better quality of life.
