Humanity is a scourge on the environment. People constantly consuming, waste fully buying with no effort to change consumption habits despite espousing support of environmental protection is part of how we don’t get any serious progress done on reasonable time scales. Companies are a major problem, yes, but they’re run by individual humans, not some abstract evil.

If you think 14km is even close to comparable to a marathon, I’m going to continue questioning. that’s a simple bike ride. Again, you have no idea how much energy it takes to bike.

It’s impressive how little you understand about how much energy biking takes

Anyone allowing themselves a 60 mile commute to work is crazy for multiple reasons. But again, trains

Huh? They have 60 mile ranges, that’s less than a bike.

But no, for long distance biking you take it in conjunction with trains. Can’t take a smart car on a train

Sure. Point is they’re not a serious consideration, they’re not bought, have no range, and are useless. Larger models like yours have almost all the same issues cars do. You just want to feel better about the choices you make, instead of just understanding the actual issues cars pose

No, it does not. Still has considerably more environmental impact that can be reasonably justified. Still creates more death. Wheel rubber will still be a major, and ignored, issue. Still encourages poor land use and lower activity. And frankly, ring me up when small electric cars exist–none of the current electric car models are small. Except the rarely used electric smart car.

It’s a small inconvenience for a major bettering of the world. You really underestimate how bad cars are for society and the planet. Cars account for 28% of usa emissions according to the epa(on a yet ungriefed section). Add in the rubber tires breaking down everywhere which gets worse as car weight increases, and you can see how it creates issues to wildlife, children, and the climate. Don’t underestimate the emissions created in producing your electric car’s batteries and tires either— they’re better than an ice but still an issue.

You don’t understand how science works. It’s been proven with full certainty that climate change is fully caused by humans. Any nay saying to that is just pretending otherwise; there’s far and away enough evidence to prove it

Your experience is not universal. As my dad has done before me, I will bike my entire life and will always enjoy it more than driving

I drove for 2 years hating every single commute.

Exactly my point: caring about a minor convenience.over seriously bettering the world.

The degree is considerably different. And that still ignores the non pollution issues.

That’s going to depend on your local area’s laws.

Besides a bike bus, if it’s just one or 2 kids a well done cargo bike will get them there easily. A mile bike ride is doable even with horrifyingly bad roads.

I started commuting by bike. I’ve never enjoyed commuting more.

Not all cities are expensive, and they usually offer higher wages to compensate.

Cars are a problem. They pollute(yes, even electric ones), are costly to run, greatly increase the danger of neighborhoods, cause a reduction in smaller businesses. They make it more expensive for people who don’t have money to get around, make it harder for children to get safely from place to place. They generate sizeable areas of development damage to growing people along major highways and roads(again, even electric causes this).

It’s not a solved problem, cars are a problem.

Raincoats exist man. Rain bubbles exist. It’s a solved problem. Snow just isn’t that hard

A glance at this thread would show you I’m right. People’s primary reasons for not switching is not wanting to bike in the rain, winter, and not wanting to be sweaty --all of which products are made to deal with.

Even kids are easily transportable with a small trailer

No, it’s spoken like someone who’s been to the numerous countries where they bike with their kids just fine.

worked a job with a dress code

A 5-7 mile commute is doable without being sweaty with the right bike.

Sounds like a problem that needs solving.

You can not ride a bike on our roads

What’s stopping you?