There is a comment below about the miles generated by solar panels. I can provide another example. I commuted by electric bike to my environmental faculty position at JMU. The round trip is 16 miles and I have passed 18,000 miles on the bike. All the electricity consumed by the bike over that time period takes less than 4 square feet of …
There is a comment below about the miles generated by solar panels. I can provide another example. I commuted by electric bike to my environmental faculty position at JMU. The round trip is 16 miles and I have passed 18,000 miles on the bike. All the electricity consumed by the bike over that time period takes less than 4 square feet of solar panel to generate, and these are found on my roof. If you take 18,000 miles and divide by 44 mpg (Prius) that is 409 gallons of gas saved. Plus, there is no parking fees, no insurance, no state vehicle taxes, and I have more fun. Solar is great, commuting on an electric bike is fun, I got to work in a good mood, and it is not a drain on the environment. Have a look at this video if you want to see what the commute looks like:
There is a comment below about the miles generated by solar panels. I can provide another example. I commuted by electric bike to my environmental faculty position at JMU. The round trip is 16 miles and I have passed 18,000 miles on the bike. All the electricity consumed by the bike over that time period takes less than 4 square feet of solar panel to generate, and these are found on my roof. If you take 18,000 miles and divide by 44 mpg (Prius) that is 409 gallons of gas saved. Plus, there is no parking fees, no insurance, no state vehicle taxes, and I have more fun. Solar is great, commuting on an electric bike is fun, I got to work in a good mood, and it is not a drain on the environment. Have a look at this video if you want to see what the commute looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H5Ew-3SjJc&t=49s (It won an EPA prize for E-bike commuting.)