Electric bikes. What's your views?

[Nickj]

Originally Posted by utopia

Electric vehicles of all kinds fail to impress me.
Its not about the performance, its the potential for a global upsurge in nuclear power generation and a toxic mountain of worn out batteries.
Not to mention the short sighted selfishness of shifting the pollution elsewhere while claiming green credentials.
I wouldn't have one on principle.

Good points, at the end of the day they quote costs per mile based on the power used and ignore the overall cost.
In carbon production terms it is just moving the 'problem' elsewhere.

Oh and remember the batteries are safe .... As Richard Hammond found when he trashed the Rimac electric car.