• squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    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.