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[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Cycling has carbon emissions if you factor the additional calorie intake needed to power your bike. :| Which will vary widely depending on your size, diet, and food source. Is it still a more sustainable form of transportation? Probably, but maybe not in extreme cases (like a 300-lb person eating beef daily flown in from the other side of the planet, versus, a tiny two seater electric car power off of solar energy, using batteries sourced from recycled materials) and it certainly isn't 0 impact.

Also, for extra pedantism, carbon emission are not pollution (in the sense that it doesn't poison the life forms directly), but it is a GHG which causes harm to the environment too.

[-] __dev@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

If you factor calorie intake of the bike rider you need to do the same for other forms of transportation. And if you account for the amount of exercise people are supposed to get to stay healthy there's no additional calorie intake whatsoever.

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