Are E-Scooters the Greenest Way to Get Around?

Find out if an electric scooter (e-scooter) is the green transportation choice of your dreams or if it's all just a green hooey fantasy in the lastest episode of your favorite sustainability podcast.

Sources:

• Reddit post - https://www.reddit.com/r/ElectricScooters/comments/cnhox6/escooters_are_worse_for_the_environment_than_many/ - Are e-scooters polluters? The environmental impacts of shared dockless electric scooters - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2da8
• Nought (Scooter company) - Are e-scooters good for the environment? https://nought.tech/blogs/journal/are-e-scooters-good-for-the-environment
• Cenex -  Maximizing the benefits of e-scooter deployment in cities - https://www.cenex.co.uk/app/uploads/2020/08/Maximising-the-benefits-of-e-scooter-deployment-in-cities.pdf
• Colorado Sun - Electric scooters are the most efficient way to cut greenhouse gas emissions - https://coloradosun.com/2024/03/19/electric-scooters-transit-commuting-colorado-greenhouse-gas/
• 7 Reasons E-scooters are better than cars - Apollo - https://apolloscooters.co/blogs/news/7-reasons-why-electric-scooters-are-better-than-cars
• Consumer Reports - New Study Shows Safety Risks of Riding e-Scooters on the Sidewalk - https://www.consumerreports.org/electric-scooters/safety-risks-of-riding-e-scooters-on-the-sidewalk-iihs-study/
• Wired - Escooter rentals aren’t as green as you think - https://www.wired.com/story/e-scooter-rentals-carbon-emissions/

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 4:59 Who are we?
• 10:50 Sources
• 12:20 E-scooters
• 14:19 What eco-friendly claims do e-scooters make?
• 15:32 Do these claims hold up?
• 35:45 Is this something a normal person could do?
• 39:26 Does the earth-friendly message need to come back to earth?
• 41:47 TLDR/Granola Rating
• 44:57 Next week: 15-minute Cities