▲ 603 ▼ [meme] Anon likes bikes (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by Danquebec@sh.itjust.works to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/34370513 Anon likes bikes
[–] jmill@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago (1 child) Too bad trains and boats are missing from the graph. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tired_fedora@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) I agree. To my surprise, human on a bike still seems to win out, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AEffizienzLeistungFahrzeuge.png From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transport permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jmill@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child) That is interesting! Looks like that table is for passenger transport specifically, not energy per mass. People don't pack nearly as densly in transport as heavy cargo does. Not safely and willingly anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tired_fedora@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago There's also a table in that Wikipedia article that breaks it down for a few real world train services with percent capacity ranging from 27 to 65% (in different networks / on different trains, though). But yeah, humans like their personal space, even in trains, those wasteful brats. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tired_fedora@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) I agree. To my surprise, human on a bike still seems to win out, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AEffizienzLeistungFahrzeuge.png From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transport permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jmill@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child) That is interesting! Looks like that table is for passenger transport specifically, not energy per mass. People don't pack nearly as densly in transport as heavy cargo does. Not safely and willingly anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tired_fedora@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago There's also a table in that Wikipedia article that breaks it down for a few real world train services with percent capacity ranging from 27 to 65% (in different networks / on different trains, though). But yeah, humans like their personal space, even in trains, those wasteful brats. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jmill@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child) That is interesting! Looks like that table is for passenger transport specifically, not energy per mass. People don't pack nearly as densly in transport as heavy cargo does. Not safely and willingly anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tired_fedora@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago There's also a table in that Wikipedia article that breaks it down for a few real world train services with percent capacity ranging from 27 to 65% (in different networks / on different trains, though). But yeah, humans like their personal space, even in trains, those wasteful brats. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tired_fedora@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago There's also a table in that Wikipedia article that breaks it down for a few real world train services with percent capacity ranging from 27 to 65% (in different networks / on different trains, though). But yeah, humans like their personal space, even in trains, those wasteful brats. permalink fedilink source parent
