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Jun 29, 2023

Ebikes have created problems, but these are minor in comparison to the extreme weather events killing people and destroying cities and towns. Due to hurricanes and extreme heat home insurance markets have collapsed in Louisiana and Florida. Recently two large insurers have announced they will no longer provide new policies in California. There is a heat dome creating over 100 degree weather for weeks in the southern states. If we don’t stop driving gas powered cars it is game over. Ebikes mean the parade of SUVs driving kids to and from schools are no longer spewing carbon that will stay in the air for hundreds of years. What we need are parents educated about the different classes of ebikes so their teenagers only get Class 1. We need parents to tell their Ebike riders if they are caught without a helmet or riding recklessly they lose theirEbike. We need cars to slow down and better Ebike, bike, and pedestrian infrastructure. We need cops to ticket speeding Ebike riders or unsafe behavior just like they do speeding road bike riders. Ebikes are an alternative to people who cannot afford an Electric Vehicle, but don’t want to pollute our air and contribute to the climate EMERGENCY. Ebikes are a big solution to climate change and if you haven’t been hit by a major weather disaster fasten your seatbelt. It is no longer hyperbole to say we are standing at the precipice of an unstoppable destruction to the planet and our way of life. Ebikes are a vital solution and we need to make it work.