Green motorcycles

Motorbikes provide many of the individual freedoms associated with cars, but with lower environmental costs:

  • Less pressure on transport infrastructure than cars, as each vehicle needs less road space and less parking space, and is easily moved out of the way if it breaks down.
  • Reducing commuter congestion – 85% of commuter vehicles carry only one person.
  • Embodied costs are lower – building a low-capacity motorbike takes around one-seventh of the resources needed to build a car.
  • Bikes also tend to last longer than cars, because they don’t have all that rust-prone bodywork.
  • More efficient round town as they are less slowed down by congestion.
  • Motorcycle emissions are generally lower than car emissions.
  • Generally speaking, bikes use less fuel than cars – 55-81% less according to one 1992 study.
  • Fuel consumption is of course greater for power-hungry superbikes (similar to the fuel consumption of small cars), and riding style can alter the figures enormously.
  • Bikes have a reputation for being dangerous. Statistics in fact suggest that motorbikes are less dangerous for other people than cars, and not as dangerous for the bikers themselves as is often thought.
  • Bikes can be a lot of fun, as well. This either means that they perform two functions at once – pleasure and transport – or that they lead to a whole lot of unnecessary burning of fossil fuels. It all depends on the biker!
  • Electric Motorcycles are starting to be real alternative to petrol bikes. Have a look at this recent road test of Zero DS by Sust-it

One thought on “Green motorcycles

  1. Pingback: 5 Signs That Show You’re Ready to Buy a Motorcycle – Specials Auto

 

Leave a Reply