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EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Chestnut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I just started biking again so I might be a bit naive

Hopefully things keep improving. I'm definitely in favor of Dutch style transportation

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