Why
is it that most people that claim to care about their carbon
footprint refuse to change their transportation life style! Why would
they rather continue to give the corporate over-lords their money
than do something as simple as apply a strong motor to their
long-tail cargo bikes? Or buy an electric velomobile.
They
could at least convert their GD cars to electricity, it would cost a
lot more than an electric cargo bike, but not an impossible amount of
money.
When
they ask me what will it cost; I have to ask them what is the price
they place on their children's future! And then they claim not to
know what is gong to happen, apparently ignorance is bliss when it
allows you to forget about your part in “Anthropogenic climate
disruption”.
Divesting
in oil can seem expensive, but that is because the true cost of
automobiles are not reflected in the price tag. The price would have
to reflect the price of the war for oil as well. That would be at
least several million dollars per vehicle.
Power
assisted large Bakfiets
cargo bike start around 6 thousand dollars
US. That may seem like a hellova-lota money. But when you think about
the carbon foot print of a car not being payed for in real time; how
your children are going to pay for it. It is not a bad price.
And
if it has a European hub motor on it you will have to exchange it for
one that will actually climb our steep hills.
But
you could save a hellova-lota money if you were to apply the motor
your self, and do it right (low enough gears) so it won't fry the
controller etc.
My
legs are in so much pain that I find my self wanting an effing car.
But if I had that much money I could do something more reasonable,
like build a small electric vehicle.
I
have wasted way too much time writing this blog that I have ended up
with no money for a motor rig, and having to torture my legs on our
steep hills with out a motor. I need someone pay me to apply a motor
to their utility bike so I can do my own.
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