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More From Planet
[43]Explore This Series
* Satellite imagery provided by GOES-16 satellite shows Hurricane
Otis making landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 storm.
It's bright red in the center.
Hurricane Otis Was Too Fast for the Forecasters[44]Zoë Schlanger
* Cropped images of fruit and bread in a grid
The Great Underappreciated Driver of Climate Change[45]Alexandra Frost
* White threads of mycelium growing on tree bark.
The Invisible Force Keeping Carbon in the Ground[46]Zoë Schlanger
* A collage of 12 photographs of e-bikes against a light-pink
background
The Real Reason You Should Get an E-bike[47]Michael Thomas
* A person holds an umbrella in the wet and snowy city
The Threshold at Which Snow Starts Irreversibly Disappearing[44]Zoë
Schlanger
* Color photo of an arctic vole resting on small tundra plants
A Major Climate Force Has Been Ignored for Decades[45]Bathsheba Demuth
* Photos of flooding, as well as of family Polaroids and heirlooms,
arranged in a 3 x 4 grid and washed blue, against a blue background
Pack Your Memories Into Your Disaster Bag[46]Ayurella Horn-Muller
* A man works on an electric car
Electric Cars Are Already Upending America[47]Saahil Desai
[48]Health
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October 20, 2023
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Todays happiness and personal-finance gurus have no shortage of advice
for living a good life. Meditate daily. Sleep for eight hours a night.
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A year ago, my wife and I sold one of our cars and replaced it with an
e-bike. As someone who writes about climate change, I knew that I was
doing something good for the planet. I knew that passenger vehicles are
responsible for much of our greenhouse-gas emissions—[51]16 percent in
responsible for much of our greenhouse-gas emissions—[50]16 percent in
the U.S., to be exact—and that the pollution spewing from gas-powered
cars doesnt just heat up the planet; it could increase the risk of
[52]premature death. I also knew that electric cars were an imperfect
[51]premature death. I also knew that electric cars were an imperfect
fix: Though theyre responsible for less carbon pollution than gas
cars, even when powered by todays dirty electric grid, their supply
chain is carbon intensive, and many of the materials needed to produce
their batteries are, in some cases, mined via a process that
[53]brutally exploits workers and harms [54]ecosystems and sacred
[52]brutally exploits workers and harms [53]ecosystems and sacred
Indigenous lands. An e-bikes comparatively tiny battery means less
electricity, fewer emissions, fewer resources. They are clearly better
for the planet than cars of any kind.
[55]Read: America is missing out on the biggest EV boom of all
[54]Read: America is missing out on the biggest EV boom of all
I knew all of this. But I also viewed getting rid of my car as a
sacrifice—something for the militant and reckless, something that
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I was very wrong. The first thing I noticed was the savings. Between
car payments, insurance, maintenance, and gas, a car-centered lifestyle
is expensive. According to AAA, after fuel, maintenance, insurance,
taxes, and the like, owning and driving a new car in America costs[56]
taxes, and the like, owning and driving a new car in America costs[55]
$10,728 a year. My e-bike, by comparison, cost $2,000 off the rack and
has near-negligible recurring charges. After factoring in maintenance
and a few bucks a month in electricity costs, I estimate that well
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The actual experience of riding to work each day over the past year has
been equally surprising. Before selling our car, I worried most about
riding in the cold winter months. But I quickly learned that, as the
saying goes, there is [57]no bad weather, only bad gear. I wear gloves,
saying goes, there is [56]no bad weather, only bad gear. I wear gloves,
warm socks, a balaclava, and a ski jacket when I ride, and am almost
never too cold.
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days—days when she wouldnt want to be in a car, either. “Those days
are honestly a mess even on the roads,” she said.
And though I, like [58]many would-be cyclists, was worried about
And though I, like [57]many would-be cyclists, was worried about
arriving at the office sweaty in hotter months, the e-bike solved my
problem. Even when it was 90 degrees outside, I didnt break a sweat,
thanks to my bikes pedal-assist mode. If Im honest, sometimes I
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introduced e-bikes to its fleet, ridership tripled, she told me, from
500,000 to 1.5 million people.)
[59]Read: How to get fewer people to commute in cars
[58]Read: How to get fewer people to commute in cars
But biking to work wasnt just not unpleasant—it was downright
enjoyable. It made me feel happier and healthier; I arrived to work a
little more buoyant for having spent the morning in fresh air rather
than traffic. [60]Study after [61]study shows that people with longer
than traffic. [59]Study after [60]study shows that people with longer
car commutes are more likely to experience poor health outcomes and
lower personal well-being—and that cyclists are the [62]happiest
lower personal well-being—and that cyclists are the [61]happiest
commuters. One day, shortly after selling our car, I hopped on my bike
after a stressful day at work and rode home down a street edged with
changing fall leaves. I felt more connected to the physical environment
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lanes, are the norm, its unrealistic to expect e-bikes to replace cars
in the way that the Model T replaced horses. But we dont need everyone
to ride an e-bike to work to make a big dent in our carbon-pollution
problem. [63]A recent study found that if 5 percent of commuters were
problem. [62]A recent study found that if 5 percent of commuters were
to switch to e-bikes as their mode of transportation, emissions would
fall by 4 percent. As an individual, you dont even need to sell your
car to reduce your carbon footprint significantly. In 2021, half of all
trips in the United States were less than three miles, according to
[64]the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Making those short trips
[63]the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Making those short trips
on an e-bike instead of in a car would likely save people money, cut
their emissions, and improve their health and happiness.
E-bikes are such a no-brainer for individuals, and for the collective,
that state and local governments [65]are now subsidizing them. In May,
that state and local governments [64]are now subsidizing them. In May,
I asked Will Toor, the executive director of the Colorado Energy
Office, to explain the states rationale for [66]a newly passed
Office, to explain the states rationale for [65]a newly passed
incentive that offers residents $450 to get an e-bike. He dutifully
ticked through the environmental benefits and potential cost savings
for low-income people. Then he surprised me: The legislation, he added,
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