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Energy efficiency of active travel (walking, cycling, ebike) compared to an electric car (slrpnk.net)

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Based on this chart, electric car is a best way to burn calories

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you're charging it with your own muscles, sure. Or you could just put rocks in your panniers.

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

The joke is that calorie is a unit of energy, and it's the car that's "burning the calories" instead of your body

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago*

This kills the ~~crab~~.

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