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"As a cyclist, you claim to care about the environment, yet you consume food. Checkmate libs!" (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 4 days ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I read a carbrain article a while ago that tried to argue that cyclists create more CO2 than a car.

So to compare that they assumed that

The cyclist eats exactly as much calories as required, so that extra exercise directly requires an increase of caloric intake. They did the same for the driver.
The cyclist exclusively covers the added caloric intake via imported japanese Kobe beef steak cooked on a wood grill.
The car was the lowest-consumption electic car they could find.

And with that setup the cyclist actually created more CO2.

The author seriously booked that as a win for the car, claiming that cycling is not always better for the environment than driving.

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

Wow that feels like an exercise in the absurd

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 2 points 3 days ago

lol that’s so dumb. If you want an actually good breakdown then I’d recommend this video to share with people!