silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · edit-28 months agoEnergy efficiency of active travel (walking, cycling, ebike) compared to an electric carslrpnk.netimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageEnergy efficiency of active travel (walking, cycling, ebike) compared to an electric carslrpnk.netsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · edit-28 months agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKilling_Spark@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoA quick googling tells me a burger is about 3kg of CO2 equivalents. 1L of gas seems to be about 2,5kg. Now if you were to eat local and seasonal food I’d guess you can get more efficient than burning oil.
minus-squarebjorney@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agothat’s one burger, you would need at least a dozen burgers (14.2 big macs) to match a liter of gasoline (8340 kcal)
minus-squareKilling_Spark@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoDamn, my brain got way to happy about the numbers being so close that I completely overlooked that. I’m gonna defend myself by saying that this was early in the morning ;) Edited my original comment to reflect this fact.
A quick googling tells me a burger is about 3kg of CO2 equivalents. 1L of gas seems to be about 2,5kg.
Now if you were to eat local and seasonal food I’d guess you can get more efficient than burning oil.
that’s one burger, you would need at least a dozen burgers (14.2 big macs) to match a liter of gasoline (8340 kcal)
Damn, my brain got way to happy about the numbers being so close that I completely overlooked that. I’m gonna defend myself by saying that this was early in the morning ;)
Edited my original comment to reflect this fact.