[Texas Eagle]

Heavens to Betsy. You mean the science on scooters isn’t even settled yet?

[Paladin2]

"The paper found that scooters do produce about half the emissions of a standard automobile, at around 200 grams of carbon dioxide per mile compared with nearly 415. But, crucially, the researchers found in a survey of e-scooter riders in Raleigh, North Carolina, that only 34% would have otherwise used a personal car or ride-sharing service. Nearly half would have biked or walked, 11% would have taken the bus, and 7% would have simply skipped the trip. "

Sounds like my 14 y.o. Turbo Diesel m/t vehicles beat them like a drum.

[MountainWalker]

My wife commutes on a Xiaomi Mi365 that I recently bought for about $350. It takes her at most 10 extra minutes each direction since traffic by car is unpredictable, but it saves $11/day in parking plus gas, mileage and wear and tear on the car. So, the scooter will be paid off in very little time.

I can’t really blame Bird for their eco-marketing. Lots of companies make dubious marketing claims. Whatever helps close the sale.

[dfwgator]

Ban Them!

I’m tired of having to turn around to see if one of those f’ers is coming towards me.

[centurion316]

An analysis of open data from Bird’s inaugural fleet in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Quartz last year, found that the average scooter lasted just 28.8 days.

I think that this finding is already outdated. The real number is closer to two weeks on average. Venture capitalists are finally waking up to this reality and they are starting to recognizing that they are never going to get the return that they were hoping for.

[elbook]

just like electric cars

the carbon footrpint of its manufacturing is substantial - especially the batteries

they also likely will be scrapped faster than most electric cars (who need declining batteries replaced every few years to add to their carbonfootprint)

These scooter batteries may have an even shorter lifespan due to more flawed maintainability

[Steven Tyler]

Tick Tock, these nutters have 11.5 years to figure it out

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.