Humans Riding Bikes Are More Energy-Efficient Than Any Other Animal On The Planet

[bezekium@nrw.social]

@rvaughnmd a jet transport is more efficient than a human by foot? probably because of the distance it can cover

[ithoughtisawa2@infosec.exchange]

@bezekium @rvaughnmd That and the jet can move lots of people at once.

[bezekium@nrw.social]

@ithoughtisawa2 good point!

[x_tof@verkehrswende.social]

@rvaughnmd a bicycle is heavier than a velomobile according to that chart?

[haayman@todon.nl]

@rvaughnmd @petervalkema amazingly I just thought about this an hour ago, with the addendum that a person in a velomobile is even twice as efficient

(ah, I've now read the entire article and that's also mentioned )

[keraba@mastodon.social]

@rvaughnmd

Is it really fair to let the human have a bicycle and not the salmon and the horse?

[nichol@mstdn.social]

@rvaughnmd .. except that few other animals move along paths with a hard and smoothly asphalted surface

[hosford42@techhub.social]

@keraba

"A woman needs a man, like a salmon needs a bicycle."

@rvaughnmd

[hosford42@techhub.social]

@peterbrown @rvaughnmd But I'll ride a bike voluntarily, for fun.

[netraven@hear-me.social]

@rvaughnmd I, for one, appreciate the anti-dolphin bias of this chart. Rats of the sea.

[herdsoft@gruene.social]

@rvaughnmd Wow, that is great fun!

However I assume the statistics are completely different when you include the effort to pave the road for efficient bicycle riding.

[evalhaik@bonn.social]

@rvaughnmd close to perfection

[tuuktuuk@piipitin.fi]

@peterbrown @hosford42 @rvaughnmd

A LOT less people, though!