The Ebiker Joke thread...

NO KIDS, RIDE EBIKES, NO MEAT, NO FLYING:
http://www.torontosun.com/2017/07/15/no-kids-no-cars-no-meat-no-flying

Includes:
Those are the four most efficient ways of reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change in the developed world.

8)

Goes on:
By contrast, the “solutions” pushed by Canadian governments and educators, such as recycling and switching to energy efficient lightbulbs, while they may be “feel good” exercises, are insignificant.

:roll:

Includes:
Going ebike saves 2.4 tonnes, compared to 0.1 tonnes by replacing incandescent lightbulbs with energy efficient ones.

:shock:
 
Joking around with the province of British Columbia in Canada...

Lock Hughes
Today at 2:53 PM

To MEM EAED Correspondence MEM:EX

Thanks Les!

"Incentives from SCRAP-IT BC for the purchase of a new electric vehicle have been increased from $3,250 to $6,000, and SCRAP-IT BC is also now offering incentives of $3,000 for the purchase of a used electric vehicle."

That'll buy a terrific used electric bicycle ("a thing used for transporting people or goods")! Even a new one. Most generous of the Province!

I'll let my BC relatives know. They'll be thrilled!

Thanks again!
L
From: MEM EAED Correspondence MEM:EX <MEM.EAED.Correspondence@gov.bc.ca>
To: "'lock.h
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 11:52 AM
Subject: Response to your email regarding charging stations for electric vehicles, Ref: 101273

Dear Lock:

A copy of your June 22, 2017 email addressed to Jordan Sturdy, MLA – West Vancouver-Sea-to-Sky, regarding a $50-million investment to add more than 4,300 charging station for electric vehicles has been forwarded to me for a response. Thank you for your message.

The Clean Energy Vehicle (CEV) Program was designed to reduce barriers to the adoption of CEVs, including the cost and availability of new vehicles and the availability of charging infrastructure. The CEV Program has been highly successful in starting the transition to a transportation system that is powered by clean energy.

To date, the CEV Program has helped support the purchase of over 3,400 electric vehicles and the development of over 1,100 charging stations, resulting in 204,000 tonnes of direct GHG emissions reductions. In 2015, the zero emission vehicle sector in B.C. encompassed 198 companies, employed approximately 3,850 full-time positions, and contributed about $700 million in total direct economic activity.

The August 2016 Climate Leadership Plan committed to expand the CEV Program to support new vehicle incentives and infrastructure, as well as education and economic development initiatives. As such, the Province injected an additional $40 million into the CEV Program to ensure purchase incentives continue to be available for British Columbians who choose a qualifying electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, and to make further investments in charging infrastructure and hydrogen fuelling infrastructure. The new CEV Program funding also supports public outreach, job training and economic development to help grow the CEV sector in B.C.

The $40 million in funding is being distributed as follows:

$27 million will support continued point-of-sale purchase incentives for zero emission vehicles;
$9.75 million will support expanded public, residential and workplace charging and hydrogen fuelling infrastructure, research and economic development, public outreach, and job training;
$2.5 million will support continued incentives for fleets to purchase or lease zero emission specialty-use vehicles; and
$750,000 will go to SCRAP-IT BC to support incentives for a range of zero-emission transportation options when someone scraps an older vehicle.


To make CEVs more affordable and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next three years, the Province is continuing to offer incentives of up to $5,000 for the purchase or lease of a new battery electric or plug‑in hybrid electric vehicle, and up to $6,000 for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. When combined with the SCRAP‑IT program incentives, total savings could be up to $11,000 for a new electric vehicle or $12,000 for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.

In addition, the Province is providing funding for incentives of $750 toward the cost of electric bicycles and $500 towards the cost of mobility scooters, car-share credits and transit passes when someone scraps an older vehicle. These funds are being administered by SCRAP-IT BC. The Provincial incentives are supplemented by incentives already provided by the SCRAP-IT BC Program, which results in a total incentive of $850 towards the cost of electric bicycles, $880 for BC Transit passes, $600 for mobility scooters, and either $750 or $850 towards a car-share credit. Incentives from SCRAP-IT BC for the purchase of a new electric vehicle have been increased from $3,250 to $6,000, and SCRAP-IT BC is also now offering incentives of $3,000 for the purchase of a used electric vehicle.

Since 2001 the Province has funded over $230 million in cycling projects. BikeBC is the Province’s cost-sharing program that helps communities build cycling projects to encourage cycling for commuting, recreation and tourism. The 2017/18 program awarded $9.25 million to 26 local governments for 26 projects throughout British Columbia. This will result in over $26 million worth of cycling infrastructure being constructed. Over the past three years the BikeBC program has awarded over $20 million to municipalities, regional districts and First Nations. This exceeded the $18 million over three-year commitment made in BC on the Move.

Thank you, again, for writing.

Sincerely,

Les MacLaren
Assistant Deputy Minister
Electricity and Alternative Energy Division
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum, Resources
 
Hehe... ESB "Search found 444 matches: +methane"... many in thread "Unstoppable California Gas Leak":
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75096&start=50

Cali? Ya bunch of amateurs. Canadian province of Alberta has got you all beat:
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Oh. Ya thought engine exhausts from gas/diseasal engines "bad"? Turns out the PRODUCTION of hydrocarbons (think Alberta "tar sands", like the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles "on steroids".) might not be so "good" either. :wink:
 
Car violence: the crisis no one is talking about

This year, politicians have scrambled to introduce and implement policies to contain many crises facing the city of Toronto. Soaring housing prices, public transit in desperate need of funding, and hundreds of social housing units too dangerous to be inhabited.

There is, however, another crisis that has garnered much less political attention. This crisis not only has the potential to threaten the livelihoods of Torontonians, but also their lives.

Car violence.

The tragic killings in Scarborough last weekend mark the city’s 204th killing of the year — a 5 per cent increase from the same time last year — with a total 308 killing victims. Car homicides increased 58 per cent from 26 in 2015 to 41 in 2016; there have been 20 car fatalities so far this year.

Despite a 25-year decline in overall crime, killings and car homicides are rising.

Even with these frightening statistics, Toronto’s elected city council continues to ignore this urgent issue. Now is not the time for the mayor and city councillors to be relaxing on summer vacation.

Last year, Mayor John Tory sent letters to Ralph Goodale, the federal minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, and Yasir Naqvi, the then-provincial minister of community safety. Tory highlighted the problem of increasing car violence in the city and requesting the ministers address the problem of car smuggling across the border and other illicit sales of vehicles within Canada.

This, however, is not enough.

In the seven months since the last letter was sent, there has been little update from Mayor Tory or city council about new initiatives to address these matters. Mayor Tory cannot simply blame killings on “gangsters” and “car subculture.” He — working in tandem with other city councillors and the provincial and federal ministers — must also develop a plan to pinpoint and tackle the underlying causes that push young people toward using cars to solve conflicts.

It’s an absurdity when young men claim it’s easier to get a car than a job and an indictment against this self-proclaimed world class city of Toronto — a world class city for some, but clearly not for all. Why do Torontonians continue to accept that people who live in Rexdale are twice as likely to be unemployed and three times more likely to be low income than people who live in Rosedale?

The acceptance of Toronto as a divided city, with zero car violence for some but for not others, can no longer be tolerated.

The American Public Health Association has recognized car violence as a public health crisis. It’s time for the city of Toronto to also treat it as such. Wendy Cukier, president of the Coalition for Car Control in Canada, has also suggested the same, noting that car deaths and injuries pose a problem that cannot be reduced through effective public health strategies.

Local government officials seem to prefer to take delegation trips to Hollywood and India rather than organizing a delegation to Parliament Hill or Queen’s Park to address root causes of car violence, such as illicit car sales and lack of access to quality education.

In order to address this escalating threat, Toronto City Council should immediately convene an anti-car violence forum that gathers all parties affected by this issue. This includes ex-offenders, gang members, the families of both killing victims and killers, youth service workers, crown prosecutors, judges, educators, doctors, government representatives, media and academics.

All stakeholders must come together with a single objective: to define the complexity of the problem and focus on finding solutions. The pressing nature of this situation necessitates a frank — yet essential — conversation.

Car violence isn’t only a problem to be solved by government. There must be a collaborative and collective effort to solve what affects every resident of Toronto, regardless of their social status or where they reside in the city.

It’s time for all politicians to show political will and courage and finally work toward eradicating car violence that has been plaguing the city for far too long while traumatizing and terrorizing so many.

As a writer, it "steams" to see your submission appropriated and the words turned around...:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/com...ce-is-the-crisis-no-one-is-talking-about.html

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PS. :D
 
In Evansville, Indiana they teach kids from an early age how to educate bike thieves... (EVen if they are male!)
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(Stolen from that FacePlant thingee...)

A Cyclist - is a disaster for the economy:

1. He does not buy the car and does not take a car loan.
2. Does not buy vehicle insurance.
3. Does not buy fuel.
4. Does not use the services of repair shops and car washes.
5. Does not use paid parking.
6. Does not become obese.
7. Yes, and well, dammit !

Healthy people are not needed for the economy. They do not buy drugs. They do not go to private doctors.
They do not increase the country's GDP !

On the contrary, every new McDonald's outlet creates 30 jobs:
10 Dentists, 10 Cardiologists and 10 Weight Loss centres.

:)
 
A Cyclist - is a disaster for the economy:

1. He does not buy the car and does not take a car loan.
2. Does not buy vehicle insurance.
3. Does not buy fuel.
4. Does not use the services of repair shops and car washes.
5. Does not use paid parking.
6. Does not become obese.
7. Yes, and well, dammit !

Clearly we need laws against cyclists -- they are going to destroy the modern world.
 
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:lol:
 
Thinking you got that one backwards LockH.. :lol:
 
Hehe... Those crazy Victorians. As usual, just passing along stuff seen on the web. (... but you could be correct. hehe)
 
Shop for electric bicycle on Giggle
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ONE of Giggles "electric bicycles" today at least appears to have a motor and can promise the lowest poops per mile.

:roll:
 
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At the Cycle Centre in the UK, know the "right folks" and they might show you their UNapproved used stuff. :wink:
 
Shop for electric bicycle on Giggle
Giggle3.jpg Now Giggle has me curious...

How fast DOES a Motocaddy S1 go? Is the seat comfortable? ... and how many drink holders?
 
LOTS of newz recently like "Canadian companies find footing in self-driving-car race":
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/re...nder-in-self-driving-car-race/article36158049

... but folks need look no further for inspiration than WALL-E, a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.

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So. The REAL "race is on" to design vehicles with seating that's large enough to accommodate "larger" humans? :)
 
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Hehe... Funny Giggle Search... "Adult" ads for electric bikes. :lol:
 
^^ HAHA... (not really) :)

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Yah. Thought those 5000 pound bikes really hard to pedal...
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