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"As a cyclist, you claim to care about the environment, yet you consume food. Checkmate libs!" (i.postimg.cc)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Right since as soon as you start looking into how that car was made and how the energy that ends up in those batteries is produced, the legs win again.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Look. I don't know what you think you mean. But you're clearly not talking about thermal efficiency.

    Thermal efficiency is a measurement of how much energy goes into work, and how much is wasted through heat.

    Muscles will never beat an engine. Combustion or otherwise.

    The fact that we "used to be" is a huge caviat, giving humans the best case scenario against the vehicles worst case. The moment we start to put in some effort to performing work, our thermal efficiency goes down, significantly.

    That's ok... thermal efficiency isn't what you should be worried about.

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