Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
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Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
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Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
#2people who drive probably aren't going to eat less because they're walking less. also, walking (to me) isn't just about saving money, it's about good habits and contributing less to traffic and pollution
edit: people travel farther distances in cars than on foot, usually. nobody would replace a 20 mile commute by car with 20 miles of walking.
Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
#3people who drive probably aren't going to eat less because they're walking less. also, walking (to me) isn't just about saving money, it's about good habits and contributing less to traffic and pollution edit: people travel farther distances in cars than on foot, usually. nobody would replace a 20 mile commute by car with 20 miles of walking.
I don't think the intent is to convince you to drive. It's just an interesting way to slice the data.
Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
#4people who drive probably aren't going to eat less because they're walking less. also, walking (to me) isn't just about saving money, it's about good habits and contributing less to traffic and pollution edit: people travel farther distances in cars than on foot, usually. nobody would replace a 20 mile commute by car with 20 miles of walking.
and exercise!
Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
#5Not all fuel consumption is the same. Gasoline is way under-priced in the US when traffic, pollution and road construction costs are factored in. On the other hand, high quality, sustainably farmed produce is overpriced, most significantly from sustained subsidies for corn and the associated increase in the cost of arable land.
Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
#6I've seen a number of people wearing versions of this shirt:
https://www.missionbicycle.com/store/home/gift/53-miles-burr...
Although if Wikipedia's energy figure is right, that's a 2279 kcal burrito (which you could probably find somewhere in San Francisco, but...).
Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
#7people who drive probably aren't going to eat less because they're walking less. also, walking (to me) isn't just about saving money, it's about good habits and contributing less to traffic and pollution edit: people travel farther distances in cars than on foot, usually. nobody would replace a 20 mile commute by car with 20 miles of walking.
I don't think the intent is to convince you to drive. It's just an interesting way to slice the data.
Not so interesting because they compare food (with highly variable cost and reason for consumption) to fuel. Going by the cheapest calories available, the way you would to fill your car with the most economical gasoline, walking is cheaper. (source is the article)
Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
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Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
#9It's also interesting to consider this calculation from a carbon emission perspective. From Climate impacts of biking vs. driving :
http://www.keith.seas.harvard.edu/blog/climate-impacts-of-bi...
If you eat a lot of meat and bike, you could potentially have a bigger carbon footprint than a very fuel efficient vehicle.
Re: Walking a mile is 3x more expensive than driving, from a fuel perspective
#10It's also interesting to consider this calculation from a carbon emission perspective. From Climate impacts of biking vs. driving : http://www.keith.seas.harvard.edu/blog/climate-impacts-of-bi... If you eat a lot of meat and bike, you could potentially have a bigger carbon footprint than a very fuel efficient vehicle.
... assuming the biking does not displace other exercise.