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Solar Freaking bike parking
Nominal Animal:
What annoys me is that it could have been a lightweight roof with the solar cells on it over the bike charging area.
Not only would it work much better and produce much more power with longer service life, but the darn bikes would stay drier when it rains and generally be much more comfortable to use whenever the weather is not the best. It would've been win-win for everyone –– except those who want the kudos of being "at the tip of the Green Transition", of course.
Andy Chee:
What is the charging current on a typical electric bike rental anyway?
nctnico:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on March 04, 2024, 11:05:55 pm ---What annoys me is that it could have been a lightweight roof with the solar cells on it over the bike charging area.
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Nope. Zoning issues, permits, construction work, cluttering the space, etc, etc. Lots of reasons not to erect a structure due to excessive paperwork and costs. If a structure could have been placed to keep the bikes dry, it would have been there already.
--- Quote from: Andy Chee on March 04, 2024, 11:22:32 pm ---What is the charging current on a typical electric bike rental anyway?
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Count on a 5A to 10A. Maybe more if the bike has a large battery.
Circlotron:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on March 04, 2024, 03:10:08 pm ---This is the 2020s: appearance and feelings are all that matter; physics and logic and reason is outdated and irrelevant. Yu will eat ze bugs, own nothing, and be happy.
:palm:
I wish I was exaggerating.
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It would have been discriminatory to not be inclusive of ground based panels. Of course, with no rooftop panels they have now left themselves open to accusations of lack of diversity.
Nominal Animal:
--- Quote from: nctnico on March 05, 2024, 12:48:32 am ---
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on March 04, 2024, 11:05:55 pm ---What annoys me is that it could have been a lightweight roof with the solar cells on it over the bike charging area.
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Nope. Zoning issues, permits, construction work, cluttering the space, etc, etc.
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In front of a campus building in Spain, for four or five e-bike charging station? The size of a covered bus stop? I don't buy that.
At a city centre, where you don't have room for even covered bus stops, sure. But where that is, nope, no way. It's just Green Transition crap.
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