Comment on 1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles

• adrian783@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  does that invalidate the point?

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  • HaoBianTai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, yes? You’re whining about US decision making around subsidies using a portion of the article discussing electric scooters in places like Taiwan. These are different continents and different vehicle types.

    A $500 subsidy on electric bicycles would not get Americans out of their cars and onto a bicycle, but it might make cycles move to electric bikes, which wouldn’t be a behavioral change that would impact anything relevant to this study.

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    • adrian783@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A $500 subsidy on electric bicycles would not get Americans out of their cars and onto a bicycle, but it might make cyclists move to electric bikes, which wouldn’t be a behavioral change that would impact anything relevant to this study.

      why would you think that?

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