Not exact matches
A recent study in Denmark found that if commuting a distance of less than eight kilometres half of the car
trips can be replaced with
trips using an
electric bicycle.
Because I ride a
bicycle and limit my car
trips, and I've curtailed my airplane travel, and wear sweaters (I know when I've set the thermostat too low when I can see the dog's breath in the living room), and because I've opted into our
electric utility's «Pure Power» wind power program (they pledge to buy 75 % of your power from wind farms in exchange for raising your rate a few cents per kilowatt hour), my personal «Carbon Footprint» comes out at less than 4 tons per year.
NÜWIEL, a Hamburg - based startup that is working on «clean transportation solutions for last mile delivery,» is teasing out information about its
electric bike trailer, which could be a method of leveraging pedal power and zero (tailpipe) carbon emissions for deliveries and running errands without committing to an
electric bicycle for all bike
trips.