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BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 4 weeks agoThis seems like something Chat Gippity might actually be of some value:
The CO₂ exhaled by a person riding a bike is tiny compared to a car’s emissions. Let’s break it down:
Human CO₂ Emissions from Biking
- A resting human exhales about 0.7 kg of CO₂ per day (~29 g per hour).
- Moderate cycling increases breathing rate, and a cyclist might exhale around 4x more CO₂ than at rest.
- This comes to ~116 g of CO₂ per hour.
- A cyclist at 20 km/h would emit ~5.8 g of CO₂ per km.
Car CO₂ Emissions
- The average gasoline car emits ~200-250 g of CO₂ per km.
- Even efficient cars emit over 100 g of CO₂ per km, which is still far more than a cyclist.
Comparison
- A cyclist exhales ~5.8 g CO₂ per km.
- A typical gasoline car emits ~200 g CO₂ per km.
- A cyclist produces ~30-40 times less CO₂ than a car per km.
Even when considering food production emissions for fueling the cyclist, biking is vastly cleaner than driving.
GaMEChld@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Good idea, thanks for that! I really need to do that more often. I do it sometimes, but still keep forgetting I have that handy. Took me a while to remember I had Google in my pocket when smart phones came out too.