• flipht
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    151 year ago

    Hell, even a regular moped…I had a gas powered genuine buddy 50 in college. That thing had a ~1.5 gallon tank, which I only had to fill up once a week. I got 80-100 mpg depending on how much I had to do. It was insane.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      Only issue with gas mopeds is emissions. If they don’t have a catalytic converter than the emissions are far worse than cars. Same is true with other small gas engines - lawnmowers, pressure washers, generators, etc.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        On moped emissions:

        1. They emit less GHG but more smog than cars. So in a city, the smog is probably not great, but in a rural areas the lower GHG is probably better.

        2. That’s only operating emissions, mopeds have lower production and disposal emissions that cars.

        3. Four stokes are becoming more common and are much less emitting than two strokes.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          Fair point. The production emissions make a huge difference. As best I understand batteries still have very high production emissions which roughly balances out their lower runtime emissions.

    • dumples
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      11 year ago

      We have been using out Moped since spring. I love filling the tanks since its at most once a month for $5 for the 1 gallon tank. We use it for 90% of our driving needs in the warm months.

      I would be interested in getting an electric model but maybe for the next one.