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[deleted] t1_jblo3wb wrote

Reply to comment by WhiteRaven42 in SUVs emitted more carbon dioxide last year than most countries by filosoful

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Halonos t1_jbm1vuv wrote

because riding an e bike or any type of bike is laughable when you live where you can freeze to death being outside for ten minutes

edit: guys i’m just saying biking isn’t practical for everyone* I agree SUVs are retarded. I saw a lone woman get out of a brand new Denali the other day at the grocery store and the thing was practically a school bus.

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wubberer t1_jbnnd9z wrote

Because you americans are all a bunch of wusses who cant even be bothered to duck a little when getting into a car, let alone travel further than a few meters from your home without one.... I use my bike 365 days a year, from -20 to 30+°C and its perfectly fine.

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Halonos t1_jbom3sx wrote

Canadians* actually. thats cool though i’m glad everything is within biking distance of your home and they actually plow your roads

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iShakeMyHeadAtYou t1_jbmn6hn wrote

I give you Finland. If cities in NA actually bothered to do any kind of proper bike infrastructure (and actually maintain it) biking in the winter would be very possible, and could even be enjoyable. And I say that coming from one of the harshest winter climates in North America.

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MadMuffins t1_jbnacc6 wrote

They make these crazy things nowadays called clothes. You can put them on your body, and it actually traps in the heat that you produces to keep you warm. I know it's hard to believe, but people all over the world go outside for longer than ten minutes, and they don't die.

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Halonos t1_jbor56m wrote

Things get a little different when its -30, -40.

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Hugmaestro t1_jbnz2hu wrote

I bike in -25*C for more than 10 km per day... when the road is plowed it is not difficult at all. People are just weak

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Enorats t1_jbnabiy wrote

Because it's a tremendously stupid recommendation, at least for people living in the US.

I'm practically a best case scenario person when it comes to this sort of thing, living a mere 5 miles or so from work, and even I couldn't trade my vehicle in for an ebike.

For most of the year temperatures here are either in excess of 90 to 100 degrees, or well below freezing. Even if you're comfortable with a lengthy ride in the heat, around half the year is simply too cold to ride something like that comfortably.. and about a third of the year is too cold to ride safely.

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Sellazard t1_jbo2u4p wrote

The problem is not individual choice of transport, but rather lack of infrastructure and willingness to pay and vote for politicians that will provide said infrastructure. I don't want to pay for miles and miles of concrete wasteland near malls. I want mixed zoning laws for developers so I can get my bread in the same building I live in and all the other necessary stuff nearby.

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wubberer t1_jbnnj1p wrote

Mimimi I cant survive without air-conditioning...

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Bot_Marvin t1_jbnulqo wrote

Yeah precisely. I’m not choosing to bike in the cold when I already own a car.

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