Carbon footprint of cycling a mile, according to the Guardian

DirkVoodoo · 09-06-2010 06:02PM

Lumen wrote: »

Sitting in a car requires no additional food - the CO2 is from the fuel burned in the engine.

Therefore it is reasonable to compare the CO2 emissions of the car with the CO2 embedded in the additional food required by the cyclist. Although presumably you'd need to take account of the CO2 required to explore, drill, pump, refine and transport the fuel to the filling station.

FWIW, I think obsessing about global warming is a waste of CO2, but since I don't care about global warming I also don't care that I waste energy discussing it.

Yes, but my point was that people who eat Asparagus are going to eat this anyway, not because it is required to fuel a cyclist on a bike, so saying that it makes a bike as efficient as a hummer is rubbish.

Lumen · 09-06-2010 06:11PM

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Yes, but my point was that people who eat Asparagus are going to eat this anyway, not because it is required to fuel a cyclist on a bike, so saying that it makes a bike as efficient as a hummer is rubbish.

Right, but if they cycle they need to eat more of it.

DirkVoodoo · 09-06-2010 06:20PM

Lumen wrote: »

Right, but if they cycle they need to eat more of it.

Unless they are American? I do seem to eat more these days for sure, but I also drive a lot less...hmmm, so maybe there is some merit to the article.

I'm very confused now, should I care? Should I carry on cycling and buy more local produce? Move into a hippy commune?

DualFrontDiscs · 09-06-2010 06:40PM

I think this chart should help clarify the situation:

The Guardian article supporting the uptake of piracy as a career to help reduce global warming is expected shortly

DFD.

cdaly_ · 09-06-2010 07:36PM

niceonetom wrote: »

What's the carbon foot print of carbon fiber?

Ah, no problem there. Carbon fibre is a money carbon sink. The more the better...

Carbon footprint of cycling a mile, according to the Guardian

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