Originally Posted by thenomad

I thought 150 years of bicycle evolution created several great human powered solutions to transportation. Why now are we saying we need electric bikes to solve our pollution problems? Human power works pretty darn well.

Just because we've become a fat and lazy society doesn't mean we need to cultivate our fatness and laziness. Ride a regular bike and lose a few pounds. We've got a culture of "looks is important" but combined with "exert as little effort as possible".
I guess you could get an electric bike and a lap-band and call it a day.

I swear, we'll all end up like the movie Wall-e