▲ 365 ▼ Energy efficiency of active travel (walking, cycling, ebike) compared to an electric car (slrpnk.net) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source
[–] huginn@feddit.it 12 points 2 years ago (5 children) It's that normalized by passenger or is that just the train? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] federalreverse@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago (3 children) Normalized by passenger, certainly. However, it's easier to hit passenger capacity in a train than in a (private) car. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] huginn@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait the private car isn't normalized as 1 person per car or 1.2 average people per car? Deeply suspicious framing if that's the case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] federalreverse@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago You misunderstood me. For one, I simply assumed that locomotives have big engines for a reason and thus the number can't be calculated for the entire train. For two, when I mentioned the capacity of cars, I meant maximum passenger capacity. I said that because at maximum passenger capacity, cars become a reasonable means of transportation whereas normally, they are ridiculously inefficient. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago So if you just 4 people in an electric car then it beats a train? Huh permalink fedilink source parent [–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago The 50 is normalized to passenger. I think it's 30 per seat, but I guess they don't fill all the seats usually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago (3 children) Normalized by passenger, certainly. However, it's easier to hit passenger capacity in a train than in a (private) car. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] huginn@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait the private car isn't normalized as 1 person per car or 1.2 average people per car? Deeply suspicious framing if that's the case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] federalreverse@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago You misunderstood me. For one, I simply assumed that locomotives have big engines for a reason and thus the number can't be calculated for the entire train. For two, when I mentioned the capacity of cars, I meant maximum passenger capacity. I said that because at maximum passenger capacity, cars become a reasonable means of transportation whereas normally, they are ridiculously inefficient. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago So if you just 4 people in an electric car then it beats a train? Huh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huginn@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait the private car isn't normalized as 1 person per car or 1.2 average people per car? Deeply suspicious framing if that's the case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] federalreverse@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago You misunderstood me. For one, I simply assumed that locomotives have big engines for a reason and thus the number can't be calculated for the entire train. For two, when I mentioned the capacity of cars, I meant maximum passenger capacity. I said that because at maximum passenger capacity, cars become a reasonable means of transportation whereas normally, they are ridiculously inefficient. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago You misunderstood me. For one, I simply assumed that locomotives have big engines for a reason and thus the number can't be calculated for the entire train. For two, when I mentioned the capacity of cars, I meant maximum passenger capacity. I said that because at maximum passenger capacity, cars become a reasonable means of transportation whereas normally, they are ridiculously inefficient. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago So if you just 4 people in an electric car then it beats a train? Huh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago The 50 is normalized to passenger. I think it's 30 per seat, but I guess they don't fill all the seats usually. permalink fedilink source parent
