280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles

Of Perth's 4.2 million daily car trips, 2.8 are for distances of less than 2 km.

But it's more than that-they are actually displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world's electric cars at present, due to their staggering uptake in China and other nations where mopeds are a common form of transport.

But to see them as an inarguable good is an error. They are cleaner cars, but they are still cars, taking up space on the roads and requiring a lot of electricity to power them.

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