There are currently about 3 million E-bikes in the Netherlands. The total yearly electricity consumption of these E-bikes is about equal to the annual power generated of one offshore wind turbine.
The number of E-bikes has increased significantly in recent years. Offshore wind turbines have become bigger as well. As a coincidence, the similarity is true for a number of years now.
@BM_Visser Image description: A graph with a rising red line indicating the yearly electricity consumption of all e-bikes in the Netherlands, and the occasional green dot, pretty much on the line, indicating the yearly production of a new off-shore wind turbine.
@BM_Visser It's about the lost health benefits, not the electricity consumption. If only the e-bike would massively lure commuters out of their car. It does not. They might give up on public transport, which makes the whole public transport network collapse like a house of cards. And once the e-bike is in the household, it is also used for small distances. No exercise at all anymore. It is a health hazard!
@BM_Visser Electric engines for bicycles have an efficiency >90%, where humans reach around 21%. So e-bikes consume way less energy than human powered ones.
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