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Energy efficiency of active travel (walking, cycling, ebike) compared to an electric car (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/antiwork@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/7273195

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

What? No, sorry an electric bicycle is not more efficient than a non-electric bicycle. What data fuckery is this?

Any electrical system is going to loose energy compared to the human body.

Edit: oh, this should be cross posted to data visualization gore. The more efficient thing is to the right and smaller. But the chart makes it seem like the electric car is the most efficient. Probably they should add red & green colors to make it clear that "electric car big line bad"

Also "27 time less energy" is like saying "cup half full" and should instead say "27 times more efficient"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    an electric bicycle is not more efficient than a non-electric bicycle.

    I thought that's exactly what the graph shows, though?? The way I am reading the graph, the ebike is less efficient per mile -- requires more energy per mile -- than a non-electric bike, just as you would expect.

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