• abessman@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    Wrong.

    Coal power has a CO2 intensity of ~1 g / Wh (source: IEA)

    A plant based diet has a CO2 intensity of ~1 g / Wh (source: ourworldindata)

    Production CO2 intensity of a bicycle is also lower than an e-bike.

    Pedaling under your own power also has health benefits, which the e-bike rider would need to do additional exercise to achieve, thus increasing their total CO2 intensity further.

    In short, sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up about shit you clearly don’t understand.

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      8 months ago

      A plant based diet has a CO2 intensity of ~1 g / Wh

      Yes, and since our metabolism is very inefficient you actually need to eat almost 4 watt hours worth of food for 1 watt hour of energy output, everything else just turns into body heat. Meanwhile ebikes have an efficiency of roughly 70-80% when accounting for charging losses and motor efficiency.