I editorialised the title as the original was clickbait, but the video itself is quite good. Interestingly, e-bikes are claimed to have lower emissions than acoustic bikes, although it likely depends on diet (the author didn’t specifically compare a vegan diet between the two types but did indicate that vegan + electric is the most carbon efficient form).

  • Baŝto@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    Reading through some sites, 0.5kcal/h seems to be average that when biking leisurely on a normal bike.

    700cal/h would mean that you could cycle for 300h with 500ml of coca cola.

    • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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      7 months ago

      USA uses cal and kcal interchangeably because being confusing with units is our specialty. Guess I should say “Cal” instead of “cal”, but no one but chemists care about the difference here. My mistr.