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

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[–] sonori@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In this graph a bus would be a lot worse than a far given the massive size, aerodynamic brick wall, and constant stops.

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[–] Ismay@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah but you have to divide the footprint by the average number of travelers.

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[–] sonori@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago

Which in non city environments with high frequency is often only a handful to a dozen at most. Not that it matters, as this graph doesn’t show or or try to compare per person, only calories per vehicle mile.

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