Interesting that they're being described as "abandoned" there. I thought they might be getting sold to locals who have plausible deniability that they're using them for construction work.
Why abandon a working vehicle? Surely the construction projects on Hydra aren't exclusively worked by end-of-life vehicles. And it's only about 3km from mainland Greece so it can't be prohibitively expensive to ship them back (even if they are end of life, they should have much more scrappage value than the shipping cost).
It could be a book keeping thing. Sometimes, it works out better by the pencil pushers if something is written off as a loss. Consider the expense of having to send a barge/ship to the island to transport it back from the island to somewhere else. Then they could attempt to sell it. Would that sale be profitable?
Even if that were the case, wouldn't whoever ended up owning it make a profit by sending it back for scrapping/parting out?
you have to do the math on shipping costs vs how much can be made. i'd venture its not profitable in a reasonable amount of time. you then have to have someone skilled to part it out. store the pieces. line up buyers. all of that comes at an expense.
So, how much does shipping a ton 3 miles by water cost? The scrap value of a vehicle is maybe $200/ton.
Shipping by truck in the US costs somewhere around $0.10/ton-mile.
One of my favorite things when I was here was seeing an Amazon Prime logo on the saddlebag of a donkey. That struck me as a very weird collision of old and new worlds
Hydra is fairly unique in that bikes, not just motorized vehicles, are prohibited on the island.
Only donkeys, there are a few vehicles tho the garbage collection “truck” being one of them.
I wonder what their reasoning is behind banning non-powered bikes? It's got very steep hills, so there's a good chance that bicycles wouldn't be very practical, but seems strange to ban them.
Narrow streets and very steep slopes there is absolutely no way to safely cycle anywhere there.
Bikes, even muscular ones, can be annoying to pedestrians on thin hiking paths. My take is that even if they allow one/a few/a capped number, then it's out of the bottle, and people will try to game the system one way or another
What is a muscular bike?
Presumably the poster wanted to differentiate e-bikes (electrical motor assisted) with fully human powered (traditional) bikes.
If Ford Mustang was a bike it would be a Richi Hulk
The type powered by meat motors
I've started calling them "acoustic" bikes, like non-electric guitars. Not technically accurate, but folks almost always get it and smile.
Analog bikes
Could be a speed limit thing.
I doubt that they have speed limits if they don't allow motorised vehicles.
I agree, If everyone is on foot there is no need for regulating the speed.
Push them into the water?
> “A paradise for walkers and nature lovers.” That’s how the Municipality describes Hydra on its website, promoting the island’s uniqueness, where the movement of all wheeled vehicles is prohibited by law. However, laws are made to be broken—especially when there is no one responsible or interested in enforcing them. Thus, this otherwise beautiful island, rich in archaeological and natural treasures and boasting unique architecture, has become filled with cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and of course, scooters, which are trendier than walking.
Sounds like the usual "humans want pretended virtues, and laws are for the little people" deal to me.