Machines | Change in your Transportation Future | Zach Krapfl | TEDxPaonia
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What is required to move a human from point A to point B on foot, bike, car, train? Bike Engineer Zach Krapfl looks at the environmental footprint of many methods of modern transportation and finds some surprising answers to this question, along with big opportunities for change. A most promising one: People who have changed their main mode of transportation to electric bikes are living healthier, happier, more eco-friendly lives. Video produced by Jay Canode & David Jacobson Intro animation by Adam Smith Intro music “So Good To Be True” by Host Bodies https://soundcloud.com/hostbodies Zach is a mechanical and civil engineer based in Paonia, Colorado. He is dedicated to global energy conservation, reduction in fossil fuel consumption, increased energy efficiency and chooses to combine bicycles, light electric vehicles, and appropriate renewable energy technologies as a catalyst for earth lovin’ and a little personal happiness too. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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Awesome Zach! way to crush it!
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1000 miles per gallon and less than a year payback, makes the electric bike the future of transportation, which is available now.
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Select "Thumb Down" if you are now or ever have been in an institution for the mentally ill.
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Awesome talk many valid reasons here for jumping on the Ebike!
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I use an eBike in Washington DC to commute 25 mile round trip, 4 days per week. Saves $8.50/day and is 20 min. faster than the Metro. The exercise improves my attitude at the office and my weight and fitness level at 46 is exceptional. The assist helps me in city traffic or when I am hauling my 35 pound toddler around to various playgrounds. I don't think of the eBike as a replacement for my regular bicycle, but as a viable alternative to the metro or driving our car.
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Brilliant, rare take on key fundamentals. Well done!
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Let's see, I live in Houston and one end of the city to the other (east to west or north to south) is 65 miles and that is not including the suburbs. Like I'm going to bike from point A to point B - well a few folks do it, but not most. When it's 90+ degrees out for 90 days straight (at night it can drop all the way to 78) yeah, I'm not thinking walking or biking is a real option. Downtown we actually have a LARGE underground tunnel system so people can get from building to building without having to deal with the heat.
Gridlock??? It's a pain, but considering that my work is 30 miles away, I'll sit in traffic WITH my AC going and listen to my tunes. It's one of the facts that I live with and accept to be able to live in a nice house and work at a place where my job is (relatively) secure and they pay me enough to live.
The man is WAY too anal about mpg - but hey to each his own. And I'm not thinking an electric bike is going to work for me.
Finally I've found somebody who's proved by his reasoning similar to mine that I'm not an idiot.
Oppose to Zack's talk, Elon Musk's jabber makes me puke.