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Wit and Wisdom via iBike: How efficient is Bicycling? Here is an egg-planation.
A bicyclist burns about 25 Calories per mile. One large egg supplies 80 Calories. A cyclist can travel about three miles on the energy of one egg. 0 (symbol for one egg)
A person walking would require three eggs to go the same distance. 000
A loaded bus requires the equivalent of two dozen eggs for each person it carries three miles. 0000000000000000000
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A train requires the equivalent of three dozen eggs for each person it carries three miles. 000000000000000000000000
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A car that gets 12.5 miles per gallon requires the equivalent of seven dozen eggs to carry one person three miles.
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Even if you double the miles per gallon [25mpg] and double the occupancy a car will still use the equivalent of twenty-one eggs to make the trip -- more than twenty times a bicycle. 000000000000000000000
A bicyclist burns about 25 Calories per mile. One large egg supplies 80 Calories. A cyclist can travel about three miles on the energy of one egg. 0 (symbol for one egg)
A person walking would require three eggs to go the same distance. 000A loaded bus requires the equivalent of two dozen eggs for each person it carries three miles. 0000000000000000000
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A train requires the equivalent of three dozen eggs for each person it carries three miles. 000000000000000000000000
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A car that gets 12.5 miles per gallon requires the equivalent of seven dozen eggs to carry one person three miles.
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Even if you double the miles per gallon [25mpg] and double the occupancy a car will still use the equivalent of twenty-one eggs to make the trip -- more than twenty times a bicycle. 000000000000000000000
posted by cfsmtb at
7:48 pm
2 Comments:
This used to be on the Ibike site, can't find it which is kind of odd. The full version of the text compares things like buses, trains etc.
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Anonymous, at 8:27 am, October 02, 2005
Fixed the post, click on the iBike link & scroll down for the eggs.
By
cfsmtb, at 9:48 am, October 02, 2005
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