Post #3068005
2026-06-03 05:43 UTC
It's #WorldBicycleDay and a good time to mention this graph from Scientific American, first published in 1973, and updated 2025.
A person on a bike is the world's most energy-efficient mode of transport, and it's not even close. Salmon use three times as many joules/g/km to get around, and then it's jet aircraft at 5x.
#BikeTooter #Climate
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@Two9A@hachyderm.io 2026-06-03 07:40
One side-effect of using a phone keyboard from the 19th century that doesn't auto-correct: typos everywhere in the alt-text. I'll leave them in as a sign of authenticity, I guess.
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@KingmaYpe@mastodon.green 2026-06-03 06:15
@Two9A@hachyderm.io And still missing the human on a fully electric bicycle, who would be at least 3 times more efficient than on a normale bicycle.