The Energy Cost of Electric and Human-Powered Bicycles

The Energy Cost of Electric and Human-Powered Bicycles

A paper by Justin Lemire-Elmore.

Quote from: the web page

Despite the intuitive sense that electric bikes would require more resources than
regular bikes, life-cycle analysis shows that they actually consume 2-4 times less
primary energy than human riders eating a conventional diet. This conclusion is
largely due to the considerable amount of transportation and processing energy
that is associated with our western food system.

http://www.ebikes.ca/Articles/Ebike_Energy.pdf

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