I became very disillusioned with my “eco conscious” friends when they all went so hard against the bird scooters. These seemed like such an obvious and amazing solution to having too many gas powered cars in the road.
The cost was very low, the distance you could travel was high, and they were everywhere. This seemed like such a massive ray of hope.
When people started throwing them in the water, or damaging them intentionally it really made me question what their actual motivations were.
Doesn't take too many near misses or having to walk out in the road to get around a pile of cheapo scooters before you want to join the folks throwing them in the river.
Scooters live a hard and short life from what I have understood. So they are not very environmentally friendly given their resource intensity over their life cycle.
The cost was very low, the distance you could travel was high, and they were everywhere. This seemed like such a massive ray of hope.
When people started throwing them in the water, or damaging them intentionally it really made me question what their actual motivations were.