We regret to inform you that scooters aren’t actually good for the environment
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/8/8/20759062/electric-scooter-environment-climate-change-bird-lime
Electric scooters are worse for the planet than the modes of transportation they’re displacing, a study finds.
Companies like Bird and Lime have been selling us a promise about their electric scooters: They’re great for the planet! For the most part, we’ve enthusiastically embraced this notion, and it’s helped catapult scooters into popularity. Last year, riders took about 38.5 million trips on them.
We regret to inform you that scooters aren’t actually good for the environment
Aug 8, 2019, 5:23pm UTC
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/8/8/20759062/electric-scooter-environment-climate-change-bird-lime
> Electric scooters are worse for the planet than the modes of transportation they’re displacing, a study finds.
> Companies like Bird and Lime have been selling us a promise about their electric scooters: They’re great for the planet! For the most part, we’ve enthusiastically embraced this notion, and it’s helped catapult scooters into popularity. Last year, riders took about 38.5 million trips on them.