>>> Darin Burleigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: X kilo-calories/mile-biked * Y lbs food (cheese, beer, lentils...)/ kcal = ?
Does any know aproximate values for X or Y? --------------- >From "The Bicycle: Vehicle for a Small Planet" , Marcia D. Lowe, Woldwatch Paper #90, September 1989: "Bicycles consume less energy per passenger mile than any other form of transportation, including walking. (see Table 4.) A 10-mile commute by bicycle requires 350 calories of energy, the amount in one bowl of rice. The same trip in the average American car uses 18,600 calories, or more than half a gallon of gasoline." Table 4. Energy Intensity of Selected Trasnsport Modes, United States, 1984 Mode Calories per pasenger mile Automobile, 1 occupant 1,860 Transit bus 920 Transit rail 885 Walking 100 Bicycling 35 Sources: Mary C. Holcomb et al., Transportation Energy Book: Edition 9 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1987); President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, private communication _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
