Available Anti-Pollution & Anti-GHG Solutions

[musher0]

Hello all.

To counter the gloomy mood and the eco-anxiety created by alarmists and climate
doubters alike, I thought it might be useful to list in this thread various existing
solutions. All sensible contributions are welcome.

Here is one solution I just heard about on Radio-Canada Première radio.
Refs.: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/em ... -recherche,
Febr. 13 2020, ca 19:20.
Courant_Plus

First, to say that I have no shares in this company. I just find their solution extremely
innovative AND practical, and thought I'd give the idea a little push. Some quick notes
taken from the interview with their CEO follow.

Courant Plus is using cargo_bikes
and electric trucks to deliver packages of all sizes
in the Montreal area. It seems that at this point in time, no similar service exists
in other Canadian or US cities, although it is quite popular in Europe.

Considering that truck / business delivery and public transport represent 43 % of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to the CEO of Courant Plus, if the
practice was generalized, it could go a long way to reducing GHG's generally.

TWYL.

[8Geee]

Not for nuthin Musher... burning trees as a heat source in our neck of the woods is also a problem. (Pres.Reagan was right... trees cause a lot of pollution)

Nonetheless a good start. Been thinking about an e-bike (cargo) for hauling groceries, and around town stuff, but the range is terrible, and the price high, for what it does. Basically, the battery is US$400 and the bike $1000

Carry on
8Geee

[jafadmin]

Nice. An innovative variation on the messenger bike business model.

It looks like human+gravity+charging, power generation? It would be cool to see the breakdown from each source over a months usage.

[musher0]

Hi guys.

Thanks for the feedback.

@8geee
Over here, if you want to add a battery to a regular bike, the battery itself will cost you
CAN$1,275. Plus you need the charger, at CAN$135 and no doubt a new rear-wheel
with an electric motor (which I couldn't find on the site).
https://fr.shop.quantumebikes.com/colle ... erpack-500
(Sorry, French only; this store does not have a Web site in English. But prices can be
read whatever your language, yes?! Roughly a CAN$1 is worth US$0.75.)

The price of a ready-built e-bike runs from CAN$2,000 to over CAN$9,000.
I guess they're cheaper in the States.

@jafadmin
I suspect the riders at Courant Plus develop legs of steel over time!
Yeah a breakdown of the energies involved would be nice. Although a lot of Montreal
is flat terrain. The radio interview didn't mention any stats.

BFN.

[jafadmin]

@jafadmin
I suspect the riders at Courant Plus develop legs of steel over time!
Yeah a breakdown of the energies involved would be nice. Although a lot of Montreal
is flat terrain. The radio interview didn't mention any stats.
BFN.

If I recall the history of Montreal correctly, in the early 1900's, the city was awash in bicycles. It was the main method of transportation back then, I think.

[Burn_IT]

I used to do home deliveries for a grocery store in the UK. They had those push bikes with a big basket on the front. It was slave labour and, in the Winter, both physically demanding and extremely dangerous since the front light was attached to the basket not the front wheel and did not necessarily point where you were going to go.