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It's marginal gains all the way here but genuinely if you're an omnivore the E-Bike might work out more enviromentally conscious

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[–] bettyschwing@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

“Miles per square metre” fucking hell. Even when Americans try to do metric instead of football fields per Big Mac or whatever they normally do they still manage to fuck it up.

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[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I like the added touch of using the British English spelling instead of American English.

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[–] bettyschwing@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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[–] bettyschwing@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Another argument is the land use associated with producing those calories (electrical or edible). The two images above are from the book "There is No Planet B" by Mike Berners-Lee

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