Hybrid Electric Bikes?

In my article, Commuters beat the high price of gas with hybrid electric bikes, a man explains how by commuting with a hybrid electric bike he saves around 25 to 30 dollars a week. That's 100-120 dollars a month or 1200-1440 dollars a year. Another plus to this fantastic contraption is that to charge it only costs about 20 cents(in electricity costs). That is a diminutive carbon footprint compared to a car. There are many different models of hybrid bikes and the more powerful ones get between 20 and 80 miles per charge. The bikes don't run completely on electricity. You still have to petal, but the bike assists you, making a ride uphill a breeze. It looks like a normal bike, just with a little plastic covering the center. If everyone started using these bikes instead of cars than this country could stop putting millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Global warming is a monumental problem right now, and we as a country, and as a planet, have to do everything in our power to stop it.



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