the electric bike would be useful today as long as the battery would be able to keep up with the trip because of the cold. it would be useful because i'd be able to run out and back to get a replacement heater. a heater that would allow me to continue to work for the rest of the day instead of returning to bed like i'm going to. in fact i'm not sure i'm gonna come out of that bed and maybe i'll let the world fall apart around me instead. maybe that would be a better thing to happen today.